Operation Scorpion

Operation Scorpion was a joint U.S-Iraqi air assault offensive targeting insurgents near Kirkuk, Iraq. It was led by Iraqi command and targeted 8 villages in the area. Fifty-two suspected insurgents were detained.

2006 Iraq war Operations

2006 Operations	Arctic Sunrise Al Majid Babil Peremeter Baghdad is Beautiful Barnstormer Bastogne Beastmaster Benefit Day Bold Action Chepultepec Cobra Strike Commando Hunter Constitution Hammer Coolspring VIII Cougar Cowpens Dealer Dirty Harry Dragons Breath Eagle Watch El Toro Loco Enduring Education Falcon Sweep Gaugamela Gladiator Glory Light Guardian Tiger Harvest Lights Helping Hands Industrial Revolution Iron Arrow Iron Arrow II Iron Triangle Jaws V King Tut Koa Canyon Lightning Blitz Lion Lion Hunt Lion Hunt II Lofty Summit Medusa Minotaur Money Worth Moonlight Northern Lights Passage Pitbull Polar Black Diamond Polar Valor Post Hawk Raging Bull Red Bull Red Light II River Falcon Roaring Tiger Sandstorm Scales of Justice Scorpion Smokewagon Stallion Run Sterling SOUK Swamp Fox Swarmer Swift Sword Talon (Iraq) Thunder Cat Tinto Together Forward Trifecta Tropical Lightning Unified Fist United Front

See also	Iraq Invasion Post Invasion Iraq Operations - Chronological Timeline Terrorist Attacks Casualties

Iraq War (2003–2011)

Background	Lead-up Disarmament crisis Yellowcake uranium WMD claims Rationale US popular opinion Hussein interview Biological weapons

Invasion	Failed Iraqi peace initiatives Preparations Multi-National Force Timeline Battle of Nasiriyah Invasion of Baghdad Debecka Pass Firdos Square statue Mission Accomplished speech WMD investigation Coalition Provisional Authority

Key events	Invasion (2003) Execution of Saddam Hussein (2006) Anbar Province (2003–11) Insurgency (2003–11) Post-invasion insurgency (2003–06) Sectarian violence (2006–07) U.S. withdrawal (2007–11)

Aftermath	Post-withdrawal insurgency (2011–13) Military intervention against ISIL (2014–present) Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)

Reactions	Views on the invasion Legitimacy of the invasion Opposition Protests Criticism United Nations Governmental positions

USA war crimes	Baghdad Museum looting (2003) Fallujah genocide (2003) Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse (2004) Mukaradeeb wedding party massacre (2004) Haditha massacre (2005) Mahmudiyah rape and killings (2006) Ishaqi massacre (2006) Baghdad airstrike (2007) Blackwater Baghdad shootings (2007) Iraq War documents leak (2010)

Impact	Refugees Duelfer Report Damage to Baghdad Iraq Interim Governing Council Aid and Investment Economic reform Financial cost Casualties Chilcot Inquiry Human rights

Lists	Coalition military operations Bombings Aviation shootdowns and accidents Associated people

Timeline	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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