IRAQ: U.S. SPECIAL FORCES CALL IN AIRSTRIKES AGAINST IRAQI UNITS STAGING A COUNTER ATTACK 40 KM EAST OF MOSUL
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IRAQ: U.S. SPECIAL FORCES CALL IN AIRSTRIKES AGAINST IRAQI UNITS STAGING A COUNTER ATTACK 40 KM EAST OF MOSUL
- Title: IRAQ: U.S. SPECIAL FORCES CALL IN AIRSTRIKES AGAINST IRAQI UNITS STAGING A COUNTER ATTACK 40 KM EAST OF MOSUL
- Date: 5th April 2003
- Summary: LOCATION FIVE KILOMETRES EAST OF KHAZNAN, ON THE ROAD TO MOSUL, IRAQ (NORTH) (APRIL 5, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. TILT: U.S. F-14 FIGHTER-BOMBER IN SKY ABOVE KHAZNAN 0.07 2. GV: BOMB FROM U.S. PLANE HITS HILLSIDE POSITION, FLASH OF LIGHT FROM EXPLOSION, SMOKE RISING 0.18 3. GV: TWO IRAQI TANKS POSITIONED IN THE DISTANCE 0.25 4. MV: PESHMERGA SOLDIER LOOKING AT IRAQI POSITIONS THROUGH BINOCULAR 0.31 5. GV: SECOND BOMB FROM U.S. AIRCRAFT HITS HILL SIDE/ FLASH OF LIGHT FROM EXPLOSION/ SMOKE RISING 0.40 6. GV: IRAQI SOLDIERS ON ROAD NEAR KHAZNAN, VEHICLE MOVING ALONG ROAD 0.46 7. GV/CU: THIRD BOMB FROM U.S. AIRCRAFT HITS HILL TOP POSITION OF IRAQI FORCES (2 SHOTS) 1.02 8. VARIOUS OF KURDISH PESHMERGA SOLDIERS MARCHING ALONG ROAD TOWARDS FRONTLINE (3 SHOTS) 1.19 9. SV: PESHMERGA SOLDIERS MAKING CAMP FIRE 1.24 10. SCU: WATER BOILING IN KETTLE ON CAMP FIRE 1.29 11. MV: PESHMERGA SOLDIER PACKING UP AND GETTING READY TO MOVE 1.35 12. SCU: OLDER PESHMERGA SOLDIER SITTING ON THE GROUND 1.42 13. SV: GROUP OF KURDISH PESHMERGA SOLDIERS SITTING ON THE GROUND 1.47 14. SV: PESHMERGA SOLDIER EASTING BREAD NEAR HIS HEAVY MACHINEGUN 1.53 15. SV: U.S. SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER IN BUNKER, PACKING UP HIS KIT 2.01 16. SV: SECOND U.S. SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER PACKING HIS KIT INSIDE BUNKER 2.06 17. MV: GROUP OF U.S. SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS NEAR VEHICLE 2.13 18. VARIOUS OF U.S. SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS GETTING READY TO MOVE (2 SHOTS) 2.28 19. SCU: EQUIPMENT IN U.S. BUNKER 2.34 20. SV'S: GROUP OF U.S. SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS GETTING READY TO MOVE (2 SHOTS) 2.46 21. MV/SCU: U.S. SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER MANNING HEAVING MACHINEGUN IN BACK OF LAND ROVER (2 SHOTS) 3.09 22. SV: U.S. SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIER WALKING TOWARDS VEHICLE 3.15 23. PAN/MV: U.S. SPECIAL FORCES LAND ROVER MOVES OFF (2 SHOTS) 3.39 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: LOCATION FIVE KILOMETRES EAST OF KHAZNAN, ON THE ROAD TO MOSUL, IRAQ (NORTH)
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA1SVS0P4F5ZQTCPGBC1WPUT50D
- Story Text: Iraqi army units have reportedly staged a counterattack
against a combined force of U.S. special forces and Kurdish
Peshmerga militias, 40 km east of the city of Mosul.
On Saturday (April 5, 2003), U.S. special forces called
in airstrikes against the Iraqis who were using tanks and heavy
artillery to stop the allied advance on the road to the city
of Mosul.
According to local reports the U.S. special forces and
their Kurdish allies were forced to give up some ground they
had taken on Friday near the village of Khaznan, on the road
to Mosul.
A Reuters Television team near the area, saw at least two
Iraqi tanks near Khaznan. Iraqi soldiers could be seen moving
along the road near the village.
U.S. F-14 aircraft flew over the area on Saturday morning,
striking several Iraqi positions near Khaznan.
After the first wave of airstrikes, U.S. special forces
soldiers and Kurdish Peshmerga militias began moving out of
their positions near the frontline, in what appeared to be a
plan to once again engage the Iraqi forces.
Since the previous Thursday, the region leading towards
Khaznan has been the scene of the heaviest fighting on the new
northern front, as allied ground and air forces try engage
Iraqi units dug in in defensive positions around the Mosul
region.
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