Counterinsurgency: A large-scale offensive to defeat al-Qaeda and other terrorist cells seeking safe haven. Was part of Operation Phantom Strike. Counter Insurgency: To reconcile with combatants. Reported a 90% drop in violence in certain areas. Peacekeeping: The objective of the operation was to take full control of a city that had been out of the hands of the American military for the better part of two years. Counterinsurgency: Designed to remove the insurgents from the region making the area safer and to train the Iraqi police Gould, Jeremy. Coventry Planned: The Architecture of the Plan for Coventry (1940 to 1978). Jeremy and Carline Gould Architects.

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Counterinsurgency: Found over 9 significant weapons caches, detained 43 suspected insurgents and discovered and destroyed several bombs Counterinsurgency: "Clean out an area that was known to be used as a way for insurgents to come towards Baghdad from the south as well as an area that a lot of VBIEDs and IEDs were coming from," said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Everett Knapp, commander of the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment.

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Counterinsurgency: Netted a weapons cache and demonstrated the Iraqi Army soldiers' ability to gather intelligence, plan, execute and exercise command and control during a large-scale operation Counterinsurgency: Detained six terror suspects and found a small weapons cache containing small arms and ammunition as well as 300 pounds of homemade explosive material and ball bearings for use in bombs Counterinsurgency: Hunted down suspected terrorists and provided humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to the Iraqi people. Collier, Basil (1957). The Defence of the United Kingdom. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. London: H.M. Stationery Office. pp.263–264. The year 1940 was a significant milestone in the war, the intensity of fighting between Germany and the Allied forces escalated, with the Battle of Britain taking place in July. The military campaign was fought almost entirely by the air forces and involved the defence of the United Kingdom against the German Luftwaffe.

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mnfiraq.com". mnf-iraq.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009 . Retrieved 21 December 2011. Counterinsurgency: A coordinated effort to detain Anti-Iraqi Forces and remove illegal weapons and ammunition caches Contingency: Marked the beginning of the first expeditionary insertion of a U.S. armored force into combat by air. Counterinsurgency: Was an early morning ground assault to prevent insurgents from creating a base of operations north of Lutifiyah Gordon, Michael R.; Farrell, Stephen (21 May 2008). "Iraqi Troops Take Charge of Sadr City in Swift Push". The New York Times . Retrieved 8 May 2010.

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There’s hardly a shop standing. Some places are still burning. Our house had the front windows blown out. Counterinsurgency: This operation involved Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces clearing sections of the city to disrupt the insurgency and set conditions for successful elections on 15 December Counterinsurgency and humanitarian: Deny insurgents sanctuary, promote the Tikrit Job Corps program, and assess essential services.

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Counterinsurgency: A weapons cache was also discovered during the operation which contained two hand grenades, one 105mm artillery round, one 81mm mortar round, one PKC machine gun, one Dragunov sniper rifle, one Dushka heavy machine gun, three AK-47 assault rifles, two ammunition vests and other paraphernalia. The cache was destroyed on the scene. Counterinsurgency: Was conducted to disrupt insurgent activity along the main supply routes in Fallujah, find and capture weapons caches, and kill or capture insurgents Contingency: American raid to capture Ba'athists. (included a number of lesser operations such as Scorpion Sting, Spartan Scorpion and Rifles Scorpion) Counterinsurgency: Searched 244 houses and netted several suspected insurgent supporters, two bombs, and 50 AK-47 assault rifles

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Although the city centre suffered the heaviest raids, districts of the city including Stoke Heath, Foleshill and Wyken were also heavily bombed. [16] [17] The scientist Reginald Victor Jones, who led the British side in the Battle of the Beams, wrote that "Enigma signals to the X-beam stations were not broken in time" and that he was unaware that Coventry was the intended target. The British were yet unaware that the Luftwaffe had moved from their pilots manually listening to the signals to an automatic narrow-band receiver on board, which caused jamming countermeasures to be ineffective. Jones also noted that Churchill returned to London that afternoon, which indicated that Churchill believed that London was the likely target for the raid. [26] Counterinsurgency: searching weapons caches. Some 60mm and 120mm Mortar rounds were found and destroyed by bomb teams. Counterinsurgency: Conducted an air assault into landing zones outside the town and moved in to search for insurgents, insurgent activity and weapons caches.

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Counterinsurgency: Captured one large weapons cache containing assorted weapons and ammunition, as well as two smaller caches containing home-made explosives. Counterinsurgency: An offensive operation aimed at stopping southern Baghdad from being used as a safe haven and preventing the movement of weapons, munitions and insurgents into Baghdad Counterinsurgency: Was aimed at clearing more than nine kilometers of riverbank and several small villages south of Haqlaniyah

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Counterinsurgency: Seven targets classified as high-value were captured by the 4th Infantry Division and the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in the Sunni Triangle. [7] He told how the “bright moon paled into insignificance by the side of the raging inferno that was the centre of Coventry”. Counterinsurgency: One of the homes had an SA-7 shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile system, and two men were detained and taken for questioning about the weapon.