Operation Sweeny

During the Iraq War, Operation Sweeny was a counter-smuggling sweep of the Al Faw Peninsula and nearby waters conducted beginning on 15 October 2003. Elements of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, operating from the USS Peleliu, used small boats and landed units to capture a number of persons, boats and trucks smuggling fuel out of Iraq.

Followed Operation Chamberlain, followed by Operation OK Corral

2003 Iraq war Operations

2003 Operations	Iraqi Freedom Abiline Airborne Dragon All American Tiger Antica Babilonia (Ancient Babylon) Arrowhead Blizzard Bayonet Lightning Boothill Bulldog Mammoth Catalyst Chamberlain Choke Hold Clear Area Desert Scorpion Desert Snowplough Desert Thrust Devil Siphon Eagle Curtain Falconer Industrial Sweep Iron Bullet Iron Force Iron Grip Iron Hammer Iron Justice Ivy Blizzard Ivy Cyclone Ivy Cyclone II Ivy Lightning Ivy Needle Ivy Serpent Longstreet Mandarin Squeeze Northern Delay OK Corral Option North Overcoat Panther Backroads Panther Squeeze Peninsula Strike Planet X Red Dawn Rifles Blitz Rifles Fury Rifle Sweep Salm Santa Strike Scorpion Sting Sidewinder Silverado Soda Mountain Spartan Scorpion Sweeny Telic Tiger Clean Sweep Tyr Whitehouse

See also	Iraq Invasion Post Invasion Iraq Operations - Chronological Timeline Insurgent 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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