Back معركة الرمادي (2006) Arabic Бітва за Рамадзі (2006) Byelorussian Segunda batalla de Ramadi (2006) Spanish Ramadin toinen taistelu Finnish Bataille de Ramadi (2006) French Yaƙin Ramadi (2006) Hausa Batalha de Ramadi (2006) Portuguese Битва за Рамади (2006) Russian
| Second Battle of Ramadi (2006) | |||||||
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| Part of Iraq War | |||||||
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Ramadi_august_2006_patrol.jpg) 1st Armored Division soldiers take up positions on a street corner during a foot patrol in Ramadi, August 2006 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States  United Kingdom New Iraqi Army |
 Islamic State of Iraq[2] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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COL Sean MacFarland LTC Ronald Clark MAJ Matthew J Van Wagenen LCDR Jocko Willink LtCol Stephen Neary USMC |
 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Abu Omar al-Baghdadi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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5,500 troops 500 troops |
~5,000 insurgents (U.S. estimate) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Unknown | 749 confirmed killed (roughly 1,100 estimated killed)[5] | ||||||
The Second Battle of Ramadi was fought during the Iraq War from March 2006 to November 2006, for control of the capital of the Al Anbar Governorate in western Iraq. A joint US military force under the command 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division and Iraqi Security Forces fought insurgents for control of key locations in Ramadi. Coalition strategy relied on establishing a number of patrol bases called Combat Operation Posts throughout the city.
U.S. military officers believe that insurgent actions during the battle led to the formation of the Anbar Awakening. In August, insurgents executed a tribal sheik who was encouraging his kinsmen to join the Iraqi police and prevented his body from being buried in accordance with Islamic laws. In response, Sunni sheiks banded together to drive insurgents from Ramadi. In September 2006, Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha formed the Anbar Salvation Council, an alliance of approximately 40 Sunni tribes.[6]
U.S. Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the battle. On September 29, 2006, he threw himself upon a grenade which threatened the lives of the other members of his team. Monsoor had previously been awarded the Silver Star in May for rescuing an injured comrade in the city.
The battle was marked with the first death of a U.S. Navy SEAL in Iraq, Marc Alan Lee, August 2, 2006.[7]
The battle also marked the first use of chlorine bombs by insurgents during the war. On October 21, 2006, insurgents detonated a car-bomb with two 100-pound chlorine tanks, injuring three Iraqi policemen and a civilian in Ramadi.
- ^ Urban, Mark (2012). Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 178. ISBN 978-1250006967.
- ^ Urban, Mark (2012). Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the Secret Special Forces War in Iraq. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 183. ISBN 978-1250006967.
- ^ Fumento, Michael. "Return to Ramadi" (PDF). The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ Couch, Dick (September 2010). The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy Seals and the Winning of al-Anbar. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-147-1.
- ^ Task Force Black: The Explosive True Story of the SAS and the Secret War in Iraq by Mark Urban
- ^ Pitman, Todd (2007-03-25). "Iraq's Sunni sheiks join Americans to fight insurgency". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- ^ "I lost my Navy SEAL son in Ramadi. The city's future still matters to me". Washington Post. 2021-10-27. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-04-13.