Operation New Market
| Operation New Market | |||||
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| Part of Iraq War | |||||
Map of Haditha Iraq showing USMC maneuver elements. | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
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United States New Iraqi Army | Iraqi insurgents | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| LtCol Lionel B. Urquhart | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 2 killed 9 wounded | 11 killed 31 detained | ||||
After the handover of sovereignty, Operation New Market was a sweep of an area near Haditha in western Iraq conducted by one thousand coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to rid the Euphrates river bank of anti-coalition forces. It was launched on 24 May 2005 and followed Operation Squeeze Play. New Market was followed by Operation Lightning. The operation was named after the famous US Civil War battle at New Market, VA where cadets from the Virginia Military Institute fought and some perished.