"The Battle for Haditha – The U.S. Marines’ Greatest Untold" Topic

… Victory of the Iraq War.

"THROUGHOUT THE WAR in Iraq, the news media focused primarily on actions in the Baghdad region, and to a lesser extent on the outlying battles in the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. Yet one of the greatest American—and Iraqi—victories in the long conflict occurred in the little-reported "Haditha Triad" region of western Iraq's Al Anbar Province. One of the great stories of modern war, it remained untold for years.

Composed of the city of Haditha and the outlying towns of Haqlaniyah, Barwana and Albu Hyatt, the Haditha Triad lies along the Euphrates River corridor, deep in the desert, far from Baghdad. This corridor proved critical to al Qaeda in Iraq ("AQI") throughout the war. Fighters, weapons, money and supplies flowed into and out of Iraq from Syria through the corridor, as well as between strongholds along it. As American and coalition forces focused on Baghdad and the nearby cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, AQI would retreat to the relative safety of the Triad to rest, train, regroup and plan new attacks…"
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Armand

3/25 was my battalion that was my deployment.

IM, my hat is off for you!

MOUT is always going to be challenging especially with unconventional forces. And terrorists/jihadis in this case. Plus we had to limit our use of firepower because of fear of Collateral Damage. And that concern hangs over the front line units to this day, sadly.