List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War
2008

List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War

Section Title: 2008
Table Section Text: None

Battle/Operation name	From date	To date	Location	Purpose/Result

Operation Oklahoma	8 January 2008	9 February 2008	Near Mahmudiyah?	clearing houses.

Operation Marne Thunderbolt	January 2008	15 February 2008	southeast of Baghdad	Security: Focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaeda safe havens. Transitioned to Operation Marne Grand Slam in February 2008.

Operation Rock Reaper	January 2008	2008	west of Baquba, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: Effort to clear Al-Queda strongholds

Operation Phantom Phoenix	8 January 2008	2008	southeast of Baghdad, Northern Iraq	Security: Focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaeda safe havens

Operation Raider Harvest	8 January 2008	2008	southeast of Baghdad, Northern Iraq	Security: A sub operation of Operation Iron Harvest.

Operation Iron Harvest	9 January 2008	2008	Northern Iraq	Counter Insurgency: To pursue al-Qaeda in Iraq and extremist elements from the region. A sub operation of the corps-level offensive Operation Phantom Phoenix

Operation Marne Grand Slam	15 February 2008	15 March 2008	southeast of Baghdad	Security: Focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaeda safe havens. Transitioned to Operation Marne Rugged in March 2008.

Operation Marne Rugged	15 March 2008	2009	southeast of Baghdad	Security: Focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaeda safe havens.

Operation Sawlat al-Fursan (Charge of the Knights)	24 March 2008	2009	al Qurnah, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: Targeting criminal elements by the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Security Forces

Operation Estonia	29 March 2008	30 March 2008	the cities of Hamza and Hashmiyah, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: detained numerous criminals and found two caches

Operation Manchu Harvest III (Salah ad Din)	4 April 2008	2008	Salah ad Din Province, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: discovered a large weapons cache

Operation Marne Piledriver	15 April 2008	2008	the Mahmudiyah area	Peacekeeping and Counterinsurgency: Purpose was to combat insurgency and stimulate economic growth and development throughout the Mahmudiyah Qada

Operation Restore Peace VI	18 May 2008	18 May 2008	Forward Operating Base McHenry, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: To reconcile with combatants. Reported a 90% drop in violence in certain areas.

Operation Lions Roar	19 May 2008	19 May 2008	the Younis al-Sabawi neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: Discovered a cache consisted of more than 100 mortar rounds, more than 100 mortar fuses, two mortar tubes, two mortar bipods, one suicide vest, two rockets and eight mines.

Operation Balad Musalahah	22 May 2008	2008	Balad area	Counter Insurgency: Allowing reconciliation of insurgents.

Operation Siegfried Line	24 May 2008	24 May 2008	southern Baghdad, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: detained numerous suspected criminals in the Bayaa community

Operation Gravel Dump	28 May 2008	28 May 2008	Karma, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: Joint USMC/Iraqi Army search of gravel trucks for smuggled weapons.

Operation Spring Break	May 2008	May 2008	Lake Tharthar, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: 4 day joint operation between U.S. Marines and Iraqi Army scouts.

Operation al Salam, (Peace)	20 May 2008	2009	Sadr City, Iraq	Counter Insurgency

Operation Lion Hunt	6 June 2008	6 June 2008	Ninewah province, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: the first unilateral Iraqi-led aerial operation conducted by the 11th brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army division.

Operation New Town	10 June 2008	10 June 2008	Shakriyah, Iraq	Counter Insurgency: an air assault census mission conducted by the 22nd brigade, 6th Iraqi Army division

Operation Iron Roundup II	2008	6 July 2008	provinces north of Baghdad—Diyala, Salah ad Din, Kirkuk and Ninewa	Counter Insurgency: discovered weapons caches and detained three suspected terrorists

Operation Lions Paw	2008	2008	throughout Iraq	Counter Insurgency:During the Ramadan month, between fifty and seventy Iraqis will be released from U.S. detention centers in Iraq each day

Operation Defeat Al Qaeda in the North	2008	2008	Anbar Province, Salah Ad Din Province, Ninewa Province	Counter Insurgency

Operation Iron Pursuit	29 July 2008	11 August 2008	Diyalah province	Counter Insurgency

Operation Eagle North	8 August 2008	8 August 2008	Abu Osage Village of the Sa'id Abdullah Corridor	Counter Insurgency: to find and detain suspected criminals throughout the area

Operation Monmouth	27 August 2008	27 August 2008	Habbash Village	Counter Insurgency: search for weapon caches and suspected criminals

Operation Viper Pursuit	1 August 2008	30 August 2008	the Sulayman Bak area	Counter Insurgency: to search for insurgent activity

Sentence(s)

Operation Marne Thunderbolt targeted safe havens in the belts to the south-east of Baghdad.

final_sentence: Operation Marne Thunderbolt targeted safe havens in the belts to the south-east of Baghdad.