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Fort Richardson troops helping to reclaim Mosul from insurgents.

Dec-26-2005 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By CHRIS TOMLINSON, The Associated Press

MOSUL, Iraq -- Lt. Col. John Norris drives through the southeastern corner of Mosul comfortably standing up in the turret of his Stryker armored vehicle, something he rarely did until a few months ago for fear of being hit by a bomb or a bullet.

Norris, who commands the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from Fort Richardson, in Anchorage, is proud of how much security has improved in some neighborhoods, and that President Bush has noticed. But he keeps his rifle ready.

"This city still isn't safe," he warned. "But it's a lot better than it was."

Few Iraqi cities have seen such extreme swings between peace and violence since the U.S. invasion in March 2003. Sunni Arab with a large Kurdish minority, Mosul is where Saddam Hussein's sons hid after the U.S. invasion, and where they died.

In November last year, insurgents took control of much of Mosul, drove car bombs into police stations and fought U.S. troops in the streets. But in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations on Dec. 7, Bush named the city 225 miles northwest of Baghdad as an example of U.S. success in Iraq. [...]


Comments For "Fort Richardson troops helping to reclaim Mosul from insurgents.":

our son is the stryker's 4/23 out of fort richardson now servering in iraq we are proud of him and and the troop's

Posted by: roger waldrop [TypeKey Profile Page] | December 28, 2005 11:11 AM

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