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(TFO) Press Release
MOSUL, IRAQ (December 31, 2004) – Anti-Iraqi insurgents attacked Multi-National Forces from a mosque with small arms fire while in other operations Soldiers from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained 15 people suspected of anti-Iraqi activities Thursday in northern Iraq.
Anti-Iraqi insurgents attacked Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment with small arms fire from the Nabi Sheet Mosque in southwest Mosul. Soldiers quickly returned fire killing one insurgent and wounding another which forced the remaining insurgents to flee. Iraqi National Guard soldiers conducted a search of the mosque to secure the area, ensuring no insurgents remained. There were no MNF or ISF injuries reported during the operation.
The Interim Iraqi Government and the Ninevah Provincial Governor has made it clear that any mosque used as a base of operations to conduct attacks against ISF or MNF is subject to search and attack. Also, anyone using their position of authority to incite violence or Jihad against the Iraqi government, ISF or MNF will be subject to arrest and detention.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment conducted a cordon and search in the village of Ash Shurah, 45 km. north of Mosul, and detained 13 people with suspected ties to a terrorist cell in northern Iraq. The suspects are in custody with no MNF injuries reported during the operation.
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment conducted a cordon and search in central Mosul and detained two people suspected of planning and conducting anti-Iraqi activities. The suspects are in custody with no MNF injuries reported during the operation.