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U.S. Soldier, 25 Insurgents Killed in Mosul Battle

Dec-30-2004 » Filed Under: TF Olympia

By Maher al-Thanoon

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A frontal assault on U.S. troops by dozens of Iraqi insurgents in Mosul left an American soldier and about 25 guerrillas dead in one of the boldest attacks yet on occupying forces in Iraq.

Battle raged late on Wednesday as President Bush said his forces would do all they could to make it possible to hold next month's election in Mosul and other violent cities. But many residents of Mosul say they are too afraid to vote.

The soldier died of wounds, the military said on Thursday.

He had been on a patrol that was hit by a suicide car bomb close to a U.S. outpost. Gunmen tried to overrun the area, sending in another suicide truck bomber and firing mortars and rockets in an apparent bid to wipe out an entire U.S. unit.

About 15 U.S. troops were wounded before jets screamed in low over the rooftops to bomb the attackers and force them to break off, leaving about 25 insurgents dead, U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings said.

Insurgents fought pitched battles in Falluja last month after U.S. Marines, hoping to quell revolt before the Jan. 30 election, stormed the rebel bastion west of Baghdad. Guerrillas have also mounted mass assaults on Iraqi police in Mosul, including three on one station on Tuesday and Wednesday. [...]

More news about this battle (sometimes it is not the lead story in the article - read on.

25 Insurgents Are Killed Trying to Overrun U.S. Outpost in Mosul -New York Times

Baghdad blast kills 29 after attackers set trap - Chicago Tribune

House Is Blown Up As Police Move In - Washington Post