Battle of Mosul (2004)
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For other uses, see Battle of Mosul (disambiguation).
The Battle of Mosul was fought during the Iraq War in 2004 for the capital of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq that occurred concurrently to fighting in Fallujah.
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Battle of Mosul | |||||||
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Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment fire mortars at insurgent positions in the city | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Iraqi Security Forces Peshmerga[2] |
Al-Qaeda in Iraq[3] Ansar al-Sunna[4] Islamic Army in Iraq[5] Ba'ath Party Loyalists[6] Brigades of the Army of the Mustafa [7] Army of the Conqueror[8] Other Iraqi insurgents | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Sattler Col Robert Brown Jim Coffman Adnan Thabit (Police commando leader) Ahmed Khalaf Jabouri (Police commissioner) |
Mohammad Khalaf Shakara (Abu Talha-Ansar leader) Mousa Mahdi (Abu Abdul-Rahman-Ansar second-in-command) Hassan Ibrahim Farhan † (AQI media chief) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,000 | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
18 killed 170 wounded 116 killed 5,000 deserted[9] 1 security contractor killed |
Estimated 600 - at least 71 killed (confirmed) actual losses unknown | ||||||
Unknown number of civilians killed 1 Turkish truck driver |
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