Operation Al Majid
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Operation Al Majid was an operation conducted by both Marines and Iraqi security forces
Iraqi security forces
Iraqi security forces is a U.S. Department of Defense term for all security forces of the Federal government of Iraq. They consist of the following organizations:*Ministry of Defence **Iraqi Armed Forces:*** Iraqi Army*** Iraqi Air Force...

 intended to disrupt and defeat insurgent activity throughout more than 30000 square miles (77,699.6 km²) in western Al Anbar Province. The operation began in November 2006 and resulted in a series of berms being constructed around the cities of Haditha
Haditha
Haditha is a city in the western Iraqi Al Anbar Governorate, about 240 km northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated on the Euphrates River at . Its population of around 100,000 people is predominantly Sunni Muslim Arabs...

, Haqlaniyah
Haqlaniyah
Al-Haqlaniyah is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates River in Al-Anbar province....

, and Barwanah.
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