Operation Al Majid

Iraqi police manning a checkpoint in Barwanah in December 2006.

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 30,000 square miles (78,000 km²) 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.

References

• 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
• Hess, Pamela (5 March 2007). "The Battle For Haditha". United Press International. Retrieved 19 April 2010.