Operation Able Rising Force

Operation Able Rising Force was a military operation in December 2006 in Iraq by US troops and Iraqi police and troops for purposes of counterinsurgency to locate and detain suspected terrorists.

Operation Details

The operation was a combined effort between Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, local police and troops from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.

Occurring in Khadisia, about eight kilometers north of Tikrit, Operation Able Rising Force was set up to locate and detain suspected terrorists. Among the 52 detainees were three terrorists wanted for improvised explosive device (IED) attacks against civilians and the military.

Units

United States Units

1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

Iraqi Units

1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division

References

2005 Iraq war Operations

2005 Operations	Able Rising Force Able Warrior Attleboro (Iraq) Avarice Badlands Big Dig Block Party Block Party II Bow Country Bowie Bruins Bull Dawg Chariot Carentan Centaur Showdown Checkmate Chepultepec Clear Decision Cobweb (MND-CS) Copperas Cove Cyclone Dagger Demon Digger Doctor Dragons Breath Dunlap East Lansing Flea Flicker Fontana Great Lakes Green Trident Grey Wolf II Hedgehog Hudson Hunter Iron Fist Iron Hammer Joint Venture Kennesaw Dragon Keystone Sweep Knockout Lanthonid Liberty Express Lightning Lions Matador Mongoose Moon Moon River Dragon Mountaineers Moving Forward Muthana Strike National Unity Neighborhood Watch New Market Open Window Panthers(Numur) Peninsula (MND-CS) Pitchfork Quickstrike Rams Restoring Rights River Blitz River Gate River Walk San Juan Saratoga Scimitar Scrimmage Seahorse Shadyville Shank Skinner Spear (Romhe) Spider Web Squeeze Play Steel Curtain Strategic Separation Swashbuckle Sword Therapist Thunder Tigers (Numur) Uhasar Unforgiven Vacant City Warrior's Rage White Shield Wolf Stalk 2 Woodstock

See also	Iraq Invasion Post-invasion Iraq Operations – Chronological Timeline Terrorist attacks Casualties

Iraq War (2003–11)

Background	Lead-up Disarmament crisis Yellowcake uranium WMD claims Rationale US popular opinion Hussein interview Biological weapons

Invasion	Preparations Multi-National Force Timeline Battle of Nasiriyah Invasion of Baghdad Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech WMD investigation Coalition Provisional Authority

Key events	Invasion (2003) Execution of Saddam Hussein (2006) Anbar Province (2003–11) Insurgency (2003–11) Post-invasion insurgency (2003–06) Sectarian violence (2006–07) U.S. withdrawal (2007–11)

Aftermath	Post-withdrawal insurgency (2011–14) Military intervention against ISIL (2014–present) Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)

Reactions	Views on the invasion Legitimacy of the invasion Opposition Protests Criticism United Nations Governmental positions

Controversies	Baghdad Museum looting (2003) Fallujah killings (2003) Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse (2004) Mukaradeeb wedding party massacre (2004) Haditha killings (2005) Mahmudiyah killings (2006) Ishaqi incident (2006) Baghdad airstrike (2007) Blackwater Baghdad shootings (2007) Iraq War documents leak (2010)

Impact	Refugees Duelfer Report Damage to Baghdad Iraq Interim Governing Council Aid and Investment Economic reform Financial cost Casualties Chilcot Inquiry Human rights

Lists	Coalition military operations Bombings Aviation shootdowns and accidents Associated people

Timeline	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Operation Able Rising Force

Operation Details

Units

See also

References