After the handover of sovereignty, Operation New Market was a sweep of an area near

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in western

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conducted by one thousand coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to rid the Euphrates river bank of anti-coalition forces. It was launched on 24 May 2005 and followed

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. New Market was followed by Operation Lightning. The operation was named after the famous

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battle at New Market, VA where cadets from the Virginia Military Institut

fought and some perished.

Operation

Operation New Market was conducted by the 3d Battalion, 25th Marines while attached to Regimental Combat Team 2. RCT-2 was headquartered in Al Asad. 3/25 was headquartered in the Haditha Dam. The City of Haditha is about 10 miles south of the dam. Company L approached from the west via amphibious tractors while Company K did a helo insert on the east side of the Euphrates River. Weapons Company screened to the east and west while 1st and 2nd Platoons, Company A, 1st Tank Battalion screened to the north and south of the city. Lima swept eastward into the city and then to the north while Kilo crossed the Euphrates, cleared the island, and then continued across the Euphrates into Haditha City and then south. Battalion headquarters was located at a technical school on the west side of the city. By 29 May, the operation had killed 11 insurgents and 31 detained, over 300 Explosive material#High explosives, HE 82mm mortar rounds were seized and destroyed, as were several other smaller ordinance caches. despite the success of the operation, along with the successes of Operation Matador and Squeeze play, the violence continued to steadily increase.Emering, Edward, '' The History of Operation Iraqi Freedom'', 2012, Lulu.com, The operation had two controversies about names: The name of the operation was criticized by some for it
association with the US Civil War
The other controversy was created by a photo of one of th
tanks which was named "The New Testament."
This was used b
some parties
including Michael Moore to claim that the US was religiously motivated and was conducting a crusade while in Iraq. The tank was renamed shortly after the operation.

References

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