Then on 10 November the coalition forces began to attack the city of Karabilah and pursue any insurgents who fled Husaybah.

The fortified city fell to coalition forces after seven days of fighting, bringing a conclusion to Operation Steel Curtain.

So named because the resident leader of anti-coalition forces, al-Zarqawi, said they would hold on to Husaybah with an "iron fist".

Battle positions were constructed, preventing the insurgency from regaining control of the city.

[3][4][5] A local physician from Husaybah, Zahid Mohammed Rawi, said that medical workers had counted 97 civilians killed in the first week of the operation.