NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 |
April 2, 2003
Release Number: 03-04-16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CENTCOM STATEMENT ON ALI MOSQUE
Camp As Sayliyah, near Doha, Qatar -- U.S. Central Command has received reports from An Najaf that Coalition forces in the city are receiving hostile fire from Iraqi forces who have positioned themselves inside the Ali Mosque - one of the most important religious shrines to Shia around the world.
Coalition forces continue their efforts to protect sacred religious and historic sites and are refusing to return fire at the Iraqi regime forces in the Mosque. The Iraqi regime's use of the Ali Mosque for military purposes is just the latest example of the regime's continued strategy of placing sacred sites in Iraq in jeopardy.
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