Operation Military_operation Together Forward , also known as Forward Together ( Arabic : عملية معاً إلى الأمام , Amaliya Ma ’ an ila Al-Amam ) , was an unsuccessful security plan Arranging in Iraq to significantly reduce Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the violence Violence in Baghdad which had seen Perception_active a sharp uprise since the mid-February 2006 bombing Attack of the Askariya Mosque , a major Shiite Muslim shrine , in Samarra .

Operation Swarmer was a joint Collaboration U.S-Iraqi air assault Attack offensive Hostile_encounter targeting Aiming insurgents in Salahuddin province , near the central city of Samarra , Iraq .

Samarra was the site of the bombing Attack of the revered Al-Askari Shiite Shrine on 22 February 2006 , that set off Damaging a wave of sectarian killing Killing that claimed Statement almost 500 lives .

Most of the survivors were released after a truce in 841 , but prominent officials were taken Conquering to the caliph 's capital of Samarra and executed Rewards_and_punishments years later after refusing Agree_or_refuse_to_act to convert Change to Islam , becoming Becoming known as the 42 Martyrs of Amorium .

ISIL and aligned forces captured Conquering several cities and other territory , beginning Process_start with an attack on Samarra on 4 June followed by the seizure of Mosul on 10 June and Tikrit on 11 June .

Numerous other bombings Use_firearm and shootings Use_firearm took place Process_start all across the country , including Fallujah , Samarra , Baiji , Hillah , Latifiya , Tuz Khormato and others .