December Operations in Muqdadiyah
January 8, 2008 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/MuqdadiyahMain1_0.jpg?itok=qoWUvkY4)
The operations against Al-Qaeda in Iraq near Muqdadiyah in Diyala Province in December provided U.S. forces with the intelligence they needed to begin the new Iron Harvest offensive in January 2008.