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December 21, 2004
Release Number: 04-12-39
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IRAQI SECURITY FORCES FOIL INSURGENT ATTACK, MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES DETAIN FIVE
MOSUL, Iraq -- Iraqi Security Forces decisively defeated another attack by anti-Iraqi forces as they attempted to seize a police station. In a separate incident, Multi-National Forces from 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), detained five people suspected of anti-Iraqi activities during other operations on Dec. 17 in northern Iraq.
An Iraqi Police station came under attack by indirect and small arms fire during a coordinated effort by insurgent fighters to overrun the station in central Mosul. The Iraqi Police successfully repelled the attack denying insurgents access to the station. This is the sixth time since Nov. 10 where insurgents have tried but failed to overrun police stations.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, conducted a cordon and search in western Mosul and detained three suspected members of a roadside bomb-making cell. All three are in custody with no injuries reported during the operation.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, detained two people during checkpoint operations south of Mosul when they discovered two pistols and ski masks in the vehicle.
TEXT PROVIDED BY THE TASK FORCE OLYMPIA, MULTINATIONAL BRIGADE-NORTHWEST PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT LT COL PAUL HASTINGS AT PAUL.HASTINGS@US.ARMY.MIL
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