of insurgents killed by the Coalition or Iraqi forces is unknown. Through September 2007 more than 19,000 insurgents were reported to have been killed in fighting with Coalition forces and tens of thousands of Iraqi "suspected civilians" were captured (including 25,000 detainees in U.S. military custody at the time), according to military statistics released for the first time. Iraqi Coalition counter-insurgency operations Over 500 counter-insurgency operations have been undertaken by the U.S.-led Coalition or the Iraqi government. These include Operation Option North and Operation Bayonet Lightning in Kirkuk, Operation Desert Thrust, Operation Abilene and Operation All American Tiger throughout Iraq, Operation Iron Hammer in Baghdad and Operation Ivy Blizzard in Samarra – all in 2003; Operation Market Sweep, Operation Vigilant Resolve and Operation Phantom Fury in Fallujah in 2004; Operation Matador in Anbar, Operation Squeeze Play and Operation Lightning in Baghdad, Operation New Market near Haditha, Operation Spear in Karabillah and the Battle of Tal Afar – all in 2005; Operation Swarmer in Samarra and Operation Together Forward in Baghdad in 2006; and Operation Law and Order in Baghdad, Operation Arrowhead Ripper in Baqouba and Operation Phantom Strike throughout Iraq – all in 2007. See also Challenge Project Sectarian violence in Iraq (2006–2008) Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013) Consolation payment Fallujah during the Iraq War Juba (sniper) List of revolutions and rebellions Iraq War order of battle 2009 USA kill or capture strategy in Iraq USA list of most-wanted Iraqis Joint Special Operations Command Task Force in the Iraq War Chronology: History of Iraq (2003–11) 2003 in Iraq 2004 in Iraq 2005 in Iraq 2006 in Iraq 2007 in Iraq 2008 in Iraq 2008 Mosul offensive 2009 in Iraq 2010 in Iraq 2011 in Iraq References Further reading Chehab, Zaki. Iraq Ablaze: Inside the Insurgency, I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd. . Who Are the Insurgents? Sunni Arab Rebels in Iraq U.S. Institute of Peace Special Report, April 2005 Rogers, Paul. Iraq and the War on Terror: Twelve Months of Insurgency. I.B. Tauris. . Hashim, Ahmed S. Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Iraq. I.B. Tauris. . Enders, David. Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation University of Michigan Press (4 April 2005) O'Connell, Edward. Bruce R. Pirnie. Counterinsurgency in Iraq: 2003–2006/ RAND . Jürgen Todenhöfer Why do you kill? The untold story of the Iraqi resistance. External links Analysis Christopher Alexander, Charles Kyle and William McCallister The Iraqi Insurgent Movement, Commonwealth Institute 14