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Removed the article due to it's complete inaccuracies that were so numerous that only erasing it could correct it. Desert Shield was the preliminary operaton prior to the coalition forces engaging Sadaam Houssien forces in Kuwait driving them back to I...
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{{About|a 2006 operation by the Iraqi insurgency|the 1990–91 troop deployment|Gulf War#Operation Desert Shield}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict= Operation Desert Shield
| partof= [[Iraq War]] and the [[Global War on Terrorism]]
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| date= January 2006{{spaced ndash}}May 2006
| place= [[Al Anbar Governorate]], [[Iraq]]
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| result= Major Al-Qaeda victory
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{{Campaignbox Al Anbar campaign}}
'''Operation Desert Shield''' was a 2006 operation by the [[Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)|Iraqi insurgency]] and [[al-Qaeda in Iraq]], planned in December 2005 as a push against American forces during the [[Iraq War]]. The goal was to destabilize the American foothold in the [[Al Anbar Governorate|Anbar province]] over the course of six months.
 
The planning of the operation was not discovered by the Americans until documents captured after the death of [[Faris Abu Azzam]] were finally translated, and revealed the details of the operation.<ref name="cnn">[[CNN]], [http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/11/al.qaeda.iraq/index.html Papers give peek inside al Qaeda in Iraq], 11 June 2008</ref> The army said the documents surprised them, showing that the insurgents had a "pretty robust command and control system".<ref name="cnn"/>
 
==The operation==
 
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