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The War
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Iraq: IED Attack (XVI) Against Iraqi Military Vehicle
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“Al-Qaeda fighters have been pushed toward eastern and northern Iraq
where violence is now the highest in the country despite an overall decline
in attacks, a senior US officer said Monday. ‘What you see is that the enemy
is shifting,’ Major General Mark Hertling, the new commander of
Multi-National Division North, told reporters here via video link from Iraq.
[…] ‘Whereas all types of attacks, but specifically IEDs (improvised
explosive devices) have decreased throughout Iraq ... the north has the
highest number of attacks in all of Iraq,’ Hertling said. The general said
bombs account for more than half the attacks in his area of responsibility,
but their number has dropped sharply in recent months from 1,830 in June to
900 in October. […]” Excerpt of an Agence
France Presse article
from November 19th, 2007. |
IED hits military vehicle in Mosul |
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The Video |
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External view: link file format: .wmv |
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U.S. raid in Iraqi house |
Robert Gates in Mosul |
Aftermath of IED attack |
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Video & Photo Credits Background 1) The video was distributed over the Internet by the insurgent group
“Islamic State of Iraq” in early December 2007. According to an accompaning
statement to the video, the attack featured a new type of roadside bomb,
which had been manufactured by the group. War Scenes from Mosul 1) A woman comforts
her child as soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division search the home for a
man they suspect is affiliated to al-Qaida in Mosul - May 3rd, 2007 - Maya
Alleruzzo/Associated Press; 2) U.S. Defense
Secretary Robert Gates is introduced to soldiers by Army Maj. Gen. Mark
Hertling, commanding general of Multi-National Division North, after arriving
at Mosul airfield. Gates made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Wednesday to
urge Iraqi leaders to take advantage of a lull in violence to enact measures
aimed at reconciling warring communities. - December 5th,
2007 - Haraz N./Reuters; 3) The wreckage of a
vehicle used in a car bomb attack lies on a road in central Mosul. A parked
car bomb killed three people, including a woman, and wounded 16 others,
including four policemen, when it targeted a police patrol in Mosul, police
said. - November 18th, 2007 - Stringer/Reuters; |
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