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The Iraq War troop surge of 2007, commonly known as the troop surge, or simply the surge, refers to the George W. Bush administration's 2007 increase in the number of U.S. military combat troops in Iraq in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Governorate.
May 12 - Islamic State of Iraq attacked a U.S. military post near Mahmoudiyah in the Triangle of Death, south of Baghdad, which cost the lives of seven American soldiers (see May 2007 abduction of U.S. soldiers in Iraq). May 25 – On May 24, 2007, the US congress passed H.R. 2206, a supplemental funding authorisation bill to pay almost $95 ...
The siege of Basra was initiated by the Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) to capture the city of Basra in 2007. Following the reported major failure of the coalition forces, whose purpose was to stabilise Basra and prepare it for the turning over of security to Iraqi government forces, the city was overrun by insurgent forces from three different Iraqi factions including the Mahdi Army, and the ...
2007 saw a rise in humanitarian and peacekeeping operations as well as a large "surge" in US forces designed to help stabilize the region. On 10 January 2007, President Bush announced changes in the administration's political and military strategy in the Iraq War during a television speech broadcast.
February 16, 2007: The House of Representatives passes a resolution opposing Bush's troop surge by a vote of 246-182, marking the first time in four years that Congress has voted decisively against Bush's Iraq policy. [8] February 17, 2007: The government of Iraq and coalition forces announce operation Fardh Al Qanoon (Enforcing the Law), a ...
20 January 2007 was the third-deadliest day of the Iraq War for U.S. troops, with 20 U.S. soldiers killed throughout Iraq, including 12 in a helicopter crash caused by hostile ground fire [20] northeast of Baghdad in Diyala Governorate. Also that same day, 2 U.S. soldiers and 1 Marine were killed in separate incidents in Iraq. [21] [22] [23]
The Battle of Najaf took place on 28 January 2007 at Zarqa (also spelled Zarga) near Najaf, Iraq, between Iraqi Security Forces (later assisted by U.S. and UK forces) and fighters, initially thought to be Sunni insurgents but later reported to be members of the Shia Islam cult Soldiers of Heaven, who had joined a gathering of worshippers – or, by other accounts, a conflict, originally ...
The withdrawal of the United States troops from Iraq began in December 2007 with the end of the Iraq War troop surge of 2007 and was mostly completed by December 2011, bringing an end to the Iraq War. The number of U.S. military forces in Iraq peaked at 170,300 in November 2007.