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Operation Alljah

Part of the Post-invasion Iraq (Operation Phantom Thunder)

Date	June 16, 2007 - Ongoing
Location	Iraq
Result	Ongoing

Belligerents

United States

New Iraqi Army

Iraqi Insurgency
Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

6 killed (U.S.),
18 killed (Iraqi security forces)

36 killed (10 bombers)

Iraq War (Outline)

Timeline

Invasion (2003)

Post-invasion insurgency (2003–2006)

Civil war (2006–2008)

Insurgency (2008–2011)

List of bombings during the Iraq War

‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
§ indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War
This list only includes major attacks.

2003: 1st Baghdad; 2nd Baghdad; Najaf; 3rd Baghdad; 1st Nasiriyah; 1st Karbala

2004: ‡ 1st Erbil; ‡ Ashoura; 1st Basra; 1st Mosul; 4th Baghdad; 5th Baghdad; Karbala & Najaf; 1st Baqubah; Kufa; Marez

2005: Suwaira bombing; ‡ 1st Al Hillah; 2nd Erbil; ‡ Musayyib; 6th Baghdad; ‡ 7th Baghdad; 1st Balad; Khanaqin

2006: ‡ Karbala-Ramadi; 1st Samarra; 8th Baghdad; 9th Baghdad; ‡ 10th Baghdad

2007: 11th Baghdad; 12th Baghdad; ‡ 13th Baghdad; 14th Baghdad; 15th Baghdad; ‡ 2nd Al Hillah; ‡ 1st Tal Afar; 16th Baghdad; 17th Baghdad; 2nd & 3rd Karbala; 2nd Mosul; ‡ 18th Baghdad; Makhmour; Abu Sayda; 2nd Samarra; 19th Baghdad; ‡ Amirli; 1st Kirkuk; 20th Baghdad; 21st Baghdad; § Qahtaniya; Amarah

2008: 22nd Baghdad; 2nd Balad; 23rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 24th Baghdad; Karmah; 2nd Baqubah; Dujail; Balad Ruz

2009: 25th Baghdad; 26th Baghdad; Baghdad-Muqdadiyah; Taza; 27th Baghdad; 2nd Kirkuk; 2nd Tal Afar; ‡ 28th Baghdad; ‡ 29th Baghdad; ‡ 30th Baghdad

2010: 31st Baghdad; 32nd Baghdad; 3rd Baqubah; 33rd Baghdad; 34th Baghdad; 35th Baghdad; ‡ 1st Pan-Iraq; 36th Baghdad; 37th Baghdad; 2nd Pan-Iraq; 38th Baghdad; 39th Baghdad; ‡ 40th Baghdad

2011: 41st Baghdad; ‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq; Karbala-Baghdad; 42nd Baghdad; Tikrit; 3rd Al Hillah; 3rd Samarra; Al Diwaniyah; Taji; 4th Pan-Iraq; 43rd Baghdad; 4th Karbala; 44th Baghdad; 2nd Basra; 45th Baghdad

Operation Alljah is an operation by the US Marines and Multi-national forces in Iraq to secure the neighborhoods of Fallujah. The strategy of the operation is somewhat based on a successful operation in Ramadi. Also included in the operation is targeting insurgent forces in the nearby town of Karma. It is part of the overall operation Phantom Thunder.

Strategy

The strategy for Operation Alljah is based on a successful strategy used in the city of Ramadi. Fallujah has been divided up into 11 sections managed by individual units of Iraqi policemen. Those in charge have tried to keep the Iraqis in leading roles, with coalition forces in supporting roles.

To separate the parts of the city so that each isolated section can be dealt with more easily, the coalition forces have set up barriers, leaving a limited number of access points to get between the districts of the city. This is intended to make it harder for wanted people to move throughout the city, and isolate trouble areas.

Each preacinct has a building set as a base of operations, where civilians can receive various services, including food and limited damage reimbursement. These buildings also serve as recruitment centers and bases of operations for the Iraqi police in those precincts. The precinct headquarters also issue ID cards, which make it less of a hassle to get through checkpoints. The ID cards also make it easier to track suspects within the city.

The Operation

In the western Al Anbar province operations attacked insurgent supply lines and weapons caches, targeting the regions of Fallujah, Karma and Thar Thar. Commanders of the operation expressed belief that Fallujah would be cleared by August and that the regions of Karma and Thar Thar would be cleared by July.

On June 17, a raid near Karma killed a known Libyan Al-Qaeda fighter and six of his aides and on June 21 six al-Qaeda members were killed and five were detained during early-morning raids also near Karma. Also on June 23, a U.S. airstrike killed five suspects and destroyed their car bomb near Fallujah. Insurgents also struck back in Fallujah with two suicide bombings and an attack on an off-duty policeman that left four policemen dead on June 22. On June 29, U.S. forces killed a senior al-Qaeda leader east of Fallujah. Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Masri, an Egyptian, was a veteran of both battles of Fallujah. On July 6 a raid west of Fallujah resulted in the killing of a Al-Qaeda in Iraq battalion commander and two of his men and the capture of two more insurgents.

2nd Battalion 6th Marines Team 2 work with Fallujah Police to secure the first precinct. Photo Matt Sanchez
Iraqi Police deemed crucial to the success of Operation Alljah. Photo Matt Sanchez