Operation River Gate

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Operation River Gate was a 2005 U.S.-led military offensive in Iraq’s Al Anbar province aimed at disrupting insurgent networks and securing key towns along the Euphrates River.

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Operation River Gate canonical 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iraq War operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aimedAt improving security for Iraqi constitutional referendum of 2005 ⓘ
belligerent Iraqi Security Forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
codename River Gate ⓘ
commandStructure II Marine Expeditionary Force ⓘ
conflict Iraq War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 2005-10-07 ⓘ
location Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Barwana ⓘ
Euphrates River valley ⓘ
linked to: Fertile Crescent

Haditha ⓘ
Haqlaniyah ⓘ
method cordon and search ⓘ
house-to-house searches ⓘ
riverine interdiction ⓘ
notableUnit 2nd Marine Division ⓘ
Regimental Combat Team 2 ⓘ
U.S. Army units attached to Marine command ⓘ
objective deny insurgents freedom of movement ⓘ
disrupt insurgent networks ⓘ
interdict insurgent supply routes ⓘ
secure key towns along the Euphrates River ⓘ
opposingForce Al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda in Iraq

Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
partOf Al Anbar campaign ⓘ
Operation Sayaid ⓘ
precededBy earlier clearing operations in Al Anbar ⓘ
relatedOperation Operation Iron Fist ⓘ
Operation Steel Curtain ⓘ
result coalition tactical success ⓘ
temporary disruption of insurgent activity ⓘ
startDate 2005-10-04 ⓘ
supportedBy U.S. air assets ⓘ
U.S. naval riverine elements ⓘ
theater Western Iraq ⓘ
linked to: western Iraq
typeOfAction counterinsurgency operation ⓘ
offensive ⓘ
year 2005 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Al Anbar campaign → significantEvent → Operation River Gate ⓘ
Operation Steel Curtain → precededBy → Operation River Gate ⓘ