IRAQ: CLASHES BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND INSURGENTS CONTINUE FOR THE SECOND DAY WEST OF MOSUL

Record ID: 647662

  • Title: IRAQ: CLASHES BETWEEN U.S. TROOPS AND INSURGENTS CONTINUE FOR THE SECOND DAY WEST OF MOSUL
  • Date: 23rd March 2005
  • Summary: (W3) TAL AFAR, IRAQ (MARCH 23, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. LV STREET IN TOWN (AUDIO OF GUNFIRE) 0.07 2. SLV GUNMAN FIRING FROM BEHIND SHELTER OF WALL 0.13 (W3) TAL AFAR, IRAQ (MARCH 24 , 2005) (REUTERS) 3. LV U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES ON STREET 0.21 4. LV TROOPS ON GUARD AS INJURED TAKEN TO AMBULANCE 0.28 5. LV U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES 0.33 6. SLV BURNING CAR 0.39 7. SLV BURNT-OUT CAR 0.46 8. SV/CU OF BLOOD ON STREET (2 SHOTS) 1.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th April 2005 13:00
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  • Location: TAL AFAR, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA4XKUFFL3Y0SUEKB17MPFRZU8F
  • Story Text: Clashes between U.S. troops and insurgents continued
    for the second day west of Mosul .




    A fierce gunbattle broke out in the town of Tal Afar
    between U.S. troops and militants in the early hours of
    Thursday morning (March 24, 2005), killing two civilians,
    witnesses said.

    U.S. troops have been battling to keep order in the
    town, 60 km (40 miles) west of Mosul. Clashes erupt
    frequently between U.S. forces and militants.

    There were no immediate report from the U.S. forces on
    casualties.

    Last summer, American forces launched an offensive on
    Tal Afar in an attempt to strangle the insurgency's
    re-supply routes.


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