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December 30th,
2004 - Two Reports from Mosul News
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Guerrillas Carry out
Coordinated Assault By Slobodan Lekic Associated Press December 30th, 2004 Baghdad, Iraq - Insurgents
tried to ram a truck with a ton of explosives into a U.S. military post in
the northern city of Mosul on Thursday then ambushed reinforcements in a huge
gunbattle in which 25 fighters and one American soldier were killed. Warplanes
fired missiles and strafed gunmen during the fight. The assault on the outpost,
which U.S. soldiers finally repulsed, appeared to be better coordinated than
past attacks, with guerrillas apparently pulling out their strongest assaults
in an effort to derail Jan. 30 elections, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col.
Paul Hastings said. ''The terrorists are growing
more desperate in their attempts to derail the elections and they're trying
to put it all on the line and give it all they can,'' Hastings said. [...] Wednesday' clashes began
when a truck approached the base and American troops opened fire. The truck,
laden with 1,000 pounds of explosives, blew up just outside, Hastings said. Reinforcements came under
fire by guerrillas using automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades and
moving in squads of between 10 and 12. A heavily armored Stryker vehicle that
had left the outpost moments before the truck bomb came across seven roadside
bombs that had been laid out for its return, Hastings said. The bombs were
detonated safely. The Americans then called in
strikes by F-18 and F-16 fighter jets, which launched three Maverick missiles
and conducted several strafing runs against the insurgents. The result was 25
insurgents and one American soldier killed. Twenty Americans were wounded,
but 17 returned to duty within hours. [...] External link:
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/365/world/Guerrillas_carry_out_coordinat:.shtml Iraqi Resistance Report for
events of Wednesday, 29 December 2004. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member editorial
board The Free Arab Voice. […] Mosul - Resistance car bomb
crashes into US facility, killing nine Americans and sparking fierce battles
in Mosul Wednesday afternoon. An Iraqi Resistance car bomb
slammed into a building used by US occupation troops as a headquarters in the
New Mosul neighborhood of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul early Wednesday
afternoon, leading to a fierce battle between Iraqi Resistance fighters and
US aggressor troops. More than nine US troops
were killed in the car bombing that took place at about 1pm local time,
according to puppet police statements to the correspondent of Mafkarat
al-Islam in the city. The correspondent said that
after the car bombing, US and puppet police forces mounted intensive patrols
in the New Mosul neighborhood and also in the al-Yarmuk neighborhood, setting
off grueling battles with an estimated 100 Resistance fighters that began at
4:35pm. The fighting was still under way when the Mafkarat al-Islam
correspondent submitted his report, posted at 5:40pm Mecca time Wednesday
night. Clouds of thick smoke could
be seen rising from the two-story building that had been struck by the car
bomb. Several American military
vehicles were ablaze in the al-Yarmuk neighborhood where the fighting was
going on. Altogether about eight US vehicles had been destroyed at the time of
the report. […] External link: http://www.albasrah.net/moqawama/english/1204/iraqiresistancereport_291204.htm |