Operation New Market

Operation New Market
Part of Iraq War

Map of Haditha Iraq showing USMC maneuver elements.
Date24–30 May 2005[1]
Location
Near Haditha in western Iraq
Belligerents
United States United States
New Iraqi Army		 Iraqi insurgents
Commanders and leaders
LtCol Lionel B. Urquhart[2]
Casualties and losses
2 killed 9 wounded[3] 11 killed 31 detained[4]

After the handover of sovereignty, Operation New Market was a sweep of an area near Haditha in western Iraq conducted by one thousand coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to rid the Euphrates river bank of anti-coalition forces. It was launched on 24 May 2005 and followed Operation Squeeze Play. New Market was followed by Operation Lightning. The operation was named after the famous US Civil War battle at New Market, VA[5] where cadets from the Virginia Military Institute [1] fought and some perished.

  1. ^ W Estes, Kenneth, U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2004 – 2005: Into the Fray: U.S. Marines in the Global War on Terror, 2011, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 1470095076 ISBN 978-1470095079
  2. ^ W Estes, Kenneth, U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2004 – 2005: Into the Fray: U.S. Marines in the Global War on Terror, 2011, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 1470095076 ISBN 978-1470095079
  3. ^ W Estes, Kenneth, U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2004 – 2005: Into the Fray: U.S. Marines in the Global War on Terror, 2011, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 1470095076 ISBN 978-1470095079
  4. ^ W Estes, Kenneth, U.S. Marines in Iraq, 2004 – 2005: Into the Fray: U.S. Marines in the Global War on Terror, 2011, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 1470095076 ISBN 978-1470095079
  5. ^ "404 – - Virginia Military Institute". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)