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Euphrates Campaign

Oct-12-2005 » Filed Under: Iraq News

The Fourth Rail has published another excellent analysis of recent coalition operations along the Euphrates river in Iraq, including Operation Restoring Rights in Tal Afar. Excerpt:

The following presentation details the current operations being conducted along the Euphrates River which began on October 1, and are still ongoing. The purposes of the operations are threefold: drive al Qaeda, the most dangerous and violent element of the insurgency from the region; establish the security conditions to allow elections on the constitution [October 15] and the parliament [December 15]; and establish a permanent presence of Iraqi Army and police forces.

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