Operation `` Marne Torch '' refers to two operations launched Military_operation by Coalition forces in 2007 against al-Qaeda in Iraq in the Arab Jabour area of Babil province .

The first operation , Marne Torch I began Process_start on 16 June 2007 , when Multinational Division Central launched Military_operation offensive operations against Sunni and Shi'ia extremists , as well as insurgents with Iranian influence in the city and surrounding regions of Arab Jabour in Babil province .