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1. Before it was called "OIF", the plan that drove the initial invasion had a code name. Which of these was it?
2. As the US forces pushed deep into Iraq, the British forces were tasked with taking the southern city of Basra. However, they were slightly held up by fierce fighting around which Iraqi port?
3. In August 2004 the Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) initiated its second 'uprising.' Much of the fighting took place in a giant cemetery. On the outskirts of which city?
4. Later in 2004 the Coalition surrounded and then destroyed the al Qaeda base of operations that Fallujah city had become. Originally called Phantom Fury, the Iraqis called it Operation 'al Fajr', which the Coalition then took on as their name for it. What does 'al Fajr' mean?
5. The infiltration of Sunni insurgents from across the Syrian border remained a problem for the Coalition after the Fallujah Operation. Operation Matador was designed to stem the flow by attacking enemy staging points at this key border town:
6. In 2006 a major plan was put together that ultimately had only limited success in its goal of bringing security to Baghdad. What was its name?
7. Operation Arrowhead Ripper started in late spring/early summer 2007 as an effort to dislodge insurgents in which area near Baghdad?
8. On 13th December 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by US Forces. The raid in which he was captured was part of a small operation in al-Dawr that had been named after a much-liked American action/drama movie. What was the movie (and operation)?
9. Which of the following towns is not in the "Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad?
10. The US calls it "Operation Iraqi Freedom." What do the Brits call it?
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