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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050196.txt
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

January 22, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-96

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INSURGENTS CAPTURED IN MOSUL

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Soldiers from the Iraqi Army’s 1st Division, 1st Battalion, received mortar fire in Mosul on Jan. 21.

The Soldiers observed insurgents firing a mortar from about 500 meters away and engaged the enemy with direct fire. They found one abandoned 82 mm mortar tube and captured an insurgent.

While searching a house in the vicinity, Iraqi Soldiers engaged the enemy again and captured one insurgent who was using a cell phone to provide positions for attacks. A search of a nearby school yielded one sniper rifle.
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050192.txt

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

January 22, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-92

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INSURGENTS ATTACK FROM MOSQUE, ONE DETAINED

MOSUL, Iraq -- Multi-National Forces from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Striker Combat Team), and Iraqi Security Forces were fired upon by anti-Iraqi insurgents from a mosque in northern Iraq on Jan. 21.

Iraqi Intervention Forces and Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, were patrolling in eastern Mosul when their convoy came under attack by anti-Iraqi insurgents firing from the Al Sabrine Mosque. The IIF conducted a cordon and search of the mosque. They detained an individual, and found and confiscated weapons. The suspect is in custody with no ISF or MNF injuries reported.

Firing from the mosque clearly is a violation of the law of war. Iraqi authorities have stated that those insurgents using a religious center as their headquarters or as a place to attack Iraqi Security Forces or Multi-National Forces will not be safe.
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050191.txt
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

January 22, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-91

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201st IRAQI ARMY SOLDIERS DETAIN AIF SUSPECT

TIKRIT, Iraq – 201st Iraqi Army Soldiers detained an anti-Iraqi force suspect at a traffic control point in northern Tikrit at about 11:10 a.m., January 20. The individual is suspected of funding insurgent cells in the Tikrit area. The detainee was taken to a Multi-National Forces detention facility.

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