page_title: Operation Squeeze Play
section_title: Context
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Squeeze Play / Context
caption_attribution_description: Capt. Geoffrey Farrell of the Special Police Transition Team attached to the 101st Airborne Division leads a platoon of Iraqi Police Officers from the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st National Police Division to a live fire range being held at Patrol Base Olson in Samarra, Iraq to zero their AK-47 rifles. (Released)
context_page_description: After the handover of sovereignty, Operation Squeeze Play was a combined U.S./Iraqi sweep of the western suburbs of Baghdad launched on 22 May 2005. Almost 300 suspects were detained in the first day of the operation.
  It followed Operation Matador, and preceded Operation New Market.
context_section_description: The United States led a coalition force into Iraq to overthrow the Saddam Hussein government. This was the beginning of the Iraq War. The war was meant to stop terrorism from spreading out of Iraq after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The United States was joined by the United Kingdom and many other coalition forces in the invasion of Iraq. The beginning of the invasion led to many different operations throughout the Iraq War, the most famous being Operation Red Dawn which led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein being captured led to various groups and governments trying to take power of Iraq leading to sectarian violence. Throughout the many stages of the Iraq war Operation Squeeze Play was a minor operation but portrayed a new hope to the coalition force. This coalition force was seen as the beginning of a new era to military officials because of the cooperation of the parties that ultimately led to success.
caption: Iraqi police force being trained by American military
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