This Day in American Military History

10 September 2005: Operation Restoring Rights began, with U.S. and Iraqi troops entering Tal Afar. The operation tested a new American strategy of “clear, hold, build,” in which areas would be rid of insurgents and then occupied and then rebuilt to win support from local people before being handed over to the Iraqi security forces. It was considered one of the first successful counterinsurgency operations in Iraq.

Brandus, Paul. This Day in U.S. Military History (pp. 220-221). Bernan Press. Kindle Edition.