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Operation Viking Hammer

2003 · Iraq

Part of: 2003 invasion of Iraq, Islamist insurgency in Iraqi Kurdistan Wikidata

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: military operation (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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Operation Viking Hammer was an unconventional warfare operation during the Iraq War which took place in northern Iraq, commonly known as Iraqi Kurdistan. The goal of the operation was to eliminate Ansar al-Islam and dismantle the Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan. Ansar al-Islam was established by former Al-Qaeda members in 2001 as a Kurdish Salafist movement that imposed a strict application of Sharia in villages it controlled.

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Operation Viking Hammer. (2026, August 22). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Viking_Hammer&oldid=1370700710

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“Operation Viking Hammer.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Aug. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation_Viking_Hammer&oldid=1370700710.

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