IRAQ: SNOW FALLS ON MOSUL

Record ID: 648468

  • Title: IRAQ: SNOW FALLS ON MOSUL
  • Date: 11th February 2005
  • Summary: (EU) MOSUL, IRAQ (FEBRUARY 9, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. SNOWFALL 2. VARIOUS OF CARS IN THE STREETS 3. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS 1.06 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th February 2005 12:00
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  • Location: MOSUL, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAEKKWTWQRMIWLN7RTNSQSY2CAQ
  • Story Text: Snow falls on Mosul.

    Unusual conditions caused snow to fall on the Iraqi city of Mosul on
    Wednesday (February 9, 2005), providing a brief respite from violence.

    There are regular snowfalls in the mountainous Kurdish region to the
    north, but Mosul residents said they had little experience of snow.

    The Iraqi climate in general produces hot, dry summers and very cold
    winters, but Mosul is not high enough or far enough north to produce regular
    snowfalls.

    But there are regular attacks on Iraqi and U.S.-led forces in and
    around Mosul.

    Also, gunmen in Mosul tampered with a number of ballot boxes on
    election day (January 30), prompting the commission to recheck other boxes at
    random and contributing to a delay in the announcement of the final count,
    which had been expected by Thursday (February 10).


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