Operation Sayeed

Operation Sayeed
Part of Al Anbar campaign and Iraq War

U.S. Marine Lcpl. Raphael Hernandez, and Iraqi Army soldiers watch over the surrounding streets from a rooftop in Karabilah, Iraq, during Operation Steel Curtain on 11 November 2005.
DateJuly 200522 December 2005
LocationHit, Haditha, Husaybah, and al-Qaim: Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Result U.S. tactical victory
Belligerents

United States United States

Iraq Republic of Iraq

Iraqi Insurgency
al-Qaeda in Iraq
Ba'ath Party Loyalists
Commanders and leaders
Sulaiman Khalid Darwaish (AQI leader in Qaim, killed Jul 2005)
Casualties and losses

United States United States
54 killed, 324 wounded[1] Iraq Republic of Iraq

16 killed, 89 wounded[1]
757 insurgents killed, 64 wounded, 2,308 detained[1]

Operation Sayeed was a series of operations conducted in western Anbar Province by the United States Marine Corps in 2005. It was an umbrella operation, consisting of at least 11 named operations between July 2005 to December 2005. The purpose was to drive Al Qaeda in Iraq forces from the Western Euphrates River Valley. Some parts of Operation Sayeed were Operation Steel Curtain and Operation Iron Fist.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Marine Corps Operations in Iraq, 2003-2006, p. 105
  2. Al-Anbar Awakening: U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Iraq, 2004-2009. Volume 1: American Perspectives, p. 105

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