Operation Desert Shield (2006)
2006 operation by the Iraqi insurgency and Al-Qaeda / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a 2006 operation by the Iraqi insurgency. For the 1990–1991 troop deployment, see Gulf War § Operation Desert Shield.
Operation Desert Shield was a 2006 operation by the Iraqi insurgency and al-Qaeda in Iraq, planned in December 2005 as a push against American forces during the Iraq War. The goal was to destabilize the American foothold in the Anbar province over the course of six months.
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The planning of the operation was not discovered by the Americans until documents captured after the death of Faris Abu Azzam were finally translated, and revealed the details of the operation.[2] The army said the documents surprised them, showing that the insurgents had a "pretty robust command and control system".[2]