| Operation Mawtini | |||||
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| Part of the Iraq War | |||||
 Two Marines, watch the sun go down while standing on the gun line before combined arms training as part of the first week of the operation. | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 United States Iraqi Army | Iraqi insurgency | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Abboud Qanbar David Petraeus | Unknown | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| Over 9,000 | Unknown | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| None | Unknown | ||||
Operation Mawtini was launched on 15 July 2007 by the Regimental Combat Team 2, located in western Al Anbar province, to neutralize attempts by anti-Iraqi Forces to re-establish a presence in key urban areas along the Euphrates River valley.
The operation called for over 9,000 U.S. Marines, soldiers, and sailors, along with elements of the Iraqi Army, to strike deep into the less-traveled regions of RCT-2's operating area.