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Operation Al Majid ( Arabic: عملية الماجد) was an operation conducted by both Marines and Iraqi security forces intended to disrupt and defeat insurgent activity throughout more than in western Al Anbar Province. The operation began in the fall of 2006 and resulted in a series of berms being constructed around the cities of Anah, Haditha, Haqlaniyah, and
Barwanah Barwanah ( ar, بَرْوَانَة, Barwānah) is a town in Al-Anbar province in Iraq. The town was captured by ISIL An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to des ...
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Gains in stability slow but tangible in Haditha

Unit sees efforts stabilize city, drive back insurgents

Additional Coalition forces, construction of dirt ‘berms’ increase security conditions in Iraq’s Haditha Triad region

U.S. Army unit rescues kidnapped Iraqis from insurgents
* Military operations of the Iraq War involving the United States Military operations of the Iraq War in 2006 United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War {{Iraq-mil-stub