- Operation Scorpion
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Operation Scorpion Part of the Post-invasion Iraq Date March 24, 2006 - March 25, 2006 Location Kirkuk, Iraq Result Indecisive Belligerents New Iraqi Army, US-led coalition Al Qaeda in Iraq, Iraqi insurgents Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties and losses None reported 52 detained Umm Qasr – Al Faw – 1st Basra – Nasiriyah – Raid on Karbala – 1st Najaf – Northern Delay – Viking Hammer – Samawah – 1st Karbala – Al Kut – Hillah – Green Line – Karbala Gap – Baghdad – Debecka Pass – Kani Domlan Ridge – Al Anbar – 1st Ramadan – Red Dawn – al-Qa'id – Spring 2004 – 1st Fallujah – Sadr City – 1st Ramadi – Husaybah – 2nd Najaf – CIMIC-House – Samarra – 2nd Fallujah – Mosul – Euphrates – Salman Pak – Lake Tharthar – Al Qaim – Hit – Haditha – Steel Curtain – Tal Afar – 2nd Ramadi – Together Forward – Diwaniya – 2nd Ramadan – Sinbad – Amarah – Turki – Diyala – Haifa Street – Karbala Raid – 3rd Najaf – Imposing Law – U.K. bases – Black Eagle – Baghdad belts – Baqubah – Donkey Island – Shurta Nasir – Phantom Strike – 2nd Karbala – Phantom Phoenix – 2008 Day of Ashura – Ninawa – Sun – Spring 2008 – 2nd Basra – 2008 Al-Qaeda Offensive – Augurs of Prosperity – Abu Kamal – Palm Grove
Operation Scorpion was a joint U.S-Iraqi air assault offensive targeting insurgents near Kirkuk, Iraq. It was led by Iraqi command and targeted 8 villages in the area. 52 suspected insurgents were detained.
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