During early and mid-May, the U. S. also launched Operation Matador, an assault by around 1, 000 Marines in the ungoverned region of western Iraq.

The codename " Operation Matador " was used no less than six times by various armies and intelligence agencies.

In early 1974, Hersh had planned to publish a story on " Project Jennifer " ( later revealed to be named Project Azorian and Operation Matador ), a covert CIA project to recover a sunken Soviet navy submarine from the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

The British had plans-Operation Matador and Operation Krohcol to move forward into the south of Siam to forestall Japanese advances.

* The United States Armys helicopter assault-oriented 1st Cavalry Division ( Airmobile ) begins Operation Matador to destroy North Vietnamese Army forces in Pleiku and Kon Tum Province, South Vietnam.

On 5 December 1941 London gave permission for C-in-C Far East Command to decide if Operation Matador should be activated.

The Malaya Command was responsible for the planning of Operation Matador.

Operation Matador may refer to:

* Operation Matador ( 1941 ), a proposed plan to counter any Imperial Japanese perceived threat to British Malaya

* Operation Matador ( 1945 ), a Burma campaign operation during World War II

* Operation Matador ( 1966 ), a United States Army campaign of the Vietnam War

* Operation Matador ( 1975 ), a plan by the Central Intelligence Agency

* Operation Matador ( Iraq ) or Battle of Al Qaim, a 2005 Iraq operation

It was authorised by Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival as a " mini Matador " after Operation Matador, a pre-emptive strike into Thailand which had been opposed by the British government was not carried out.

* Operation Matador ( 1941 )

* Operation Matador, the name of several military or intelligence plans

In a recent effort to flush insurgents out of Qa ' im, Marines launched the week-long Operation Matador, in which they faced stiff resistance from both local Iraqi fighters and foreign fighters.

It followed Operation Matador, and preceded Operation New Market.

The British had plans for a pre-emptive invasion of southern Thailand, named Operation Matador, to forestall Japanese landings, but decided not to use them.

A replacement for Operation Matador, named Operation Krohcol, was implemented on 8 December, but the Indian troops were easily defeated by the Japanese 5th Division, which had already landed in Pattani Province, Thailand.

From summer 2011, Operation Licorne, the French force, previously over 5, 000 strong, is roughly 700, and consists of Licorne headquarters, Battalion Licorne ( BATLIC ), seemingly made up of elements of the 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment and the Régiment d ' infanterie-chars de marine, and a helicopter detachment.

In 2011, it was announced that Barrymore had been cast alongside John Krasinski in Ken Kwapis's Big Miracle ( 2012 ), a romantic drama based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

On October 16, 2011, " Operation Knife Edge " was launched by NATO and Afghan forces against the Haqqani network in south-eastern Afghanistan.

** Operation Unified Protector, from 2011

In October 2011, Kenya launched Operation Linda Nchi, effectively an invasion of Somalia against the Al-Shabaab group of insurgents in southern Somalia.

* 2011 – The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE-it is likely to be Japanese.

The Colombian military had information indicating that there could be captives in the area and initiated Operation Jupiter in October 2011, using a 56 men Special Forces unit to carry out surveillance for preparing a future rescue mission that would involve additional troops and air support.

* Levine, Joshua, Operation Fortitude: the Story of the Spy Operation that Saved D-Day, London: Collins, 2011, ISBN 978-0-00-731353-2

In line with the 2007 edition, the 2011 edition consists of 5 core publications – Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation, and Continual Service Improvement.

* Sergeant Dakota Meyer ( b. 1988 ), born and initially educated in Adair County, received the Medal of Honor in 2011 for his actions in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2009

In September 2011, the town enacted a program called Operation Restore Our Community.

His 2011 film Super 8 includes a reference to the episode: the military's plan in the movie is called Operation: Walking Distance.

In June 2011, Bohemia Interactive re-released Operation Flashpoint as Arma: Cold War Assault, as Codemasters retain the rights to the ' Operation Flashpoint ' trademark.

The NGA was credited by White House and military officials with providing critical information in support of Operation Neptune's Spear on May 2, 2011, in which the United States Military raided a secret compound housing Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, at which time he was killed in action.

Operation ( or Op ) TELIC was the codename under which all British military operations in Iraq were conducted between the start of the Invasion of Iraq on 19 March 2003 and the withdrawal of the last remaining British forces on 22 May 2011.

* Operation New Dawn – Iraq, 2011

Croatian soldiers raising the Croatian flag in the Knin Fortress during the Operation Storm Commemoration, 5 August 2011

In March 2011 Storm Shadows were fired at Libyan air defence installations by Tornado GR4s during Operation Ellamy, Britain's response to the 2011 Libyan civil war.

In 2011 the FOMC revived Operation Twist.

Several novels have been written about the Roswell incident, including Whitley Strieber's Majestic ( 1989 ), Kevin D. Randle's Operation Roswell ( 2004 ), and Sonny Whitelaw's Stargate SG-1: Roswell ( 2007 ), The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex and Gotcha Gas: Debacle Near Roswell ( 2011 ), an historical parody by Banak and Weimer.

* Dakar, the naval base supports ships temporarily involved in the Corymbe mission ( 7 ships in 2011 ), a permanent Maritime Security Operation mission in the Gulf of Guinea.

During September 2011, OSI volunteered food and employees in its Operation Feeding Freedom IX campaign.