Operation Iron Hammer (Iraq 2005)

Operation Iron Hammer
Part of the Iraq War
Date30 November – 3 January 2006
Location
East of Hīt, Iraq
Belligerents
United States
Iraq		 Iraqi insurgency
Strength
2,000 American troops[1][2][3]
500 Iraqi troops[1][2][3]		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
None[1] Unknown

Operation Iron Hammer, also called Operation Matraqa Hadidia, was a military undertaking by the United States Armed Forces, and the New Iraqi Army, which was conducted east of Hīt, Iraq, from 30 November, to 3 January 2006, during the Iraq War, against the Iraqi insurgency.[1] It was reported that both the New Iraqi Army, and the United States Armed Forces, sustained no losses during the operation.[1] No civilian casualties were reported either.[1] The operation is believed to have benefited villages on the eastern side of the Euphrates River with an increase in security and stability.[1]

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