US, Iraqi troops fight to retake control in Mosul
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American and Iraqi troops yesterday fought to reclaim police stations from insurgents who seized control of broad swaths of this sprawling
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US and Iraqi troops say they have recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul . The US military also said on Wednesday that Falluja appeared calmer while operations to regain
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Iraq News, MOSUL, Iraq - US and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in Mosul yesterday to retake control of rebel-held areas after a week of anarchy with insurgents rampaging through Iraqâs third-largest city.
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US and Iraqi troops pushed into insurgent-heavy neighbourhoods and stormed police stations in Mosul on Tuesday, launching an offensive to retake parts of the northern Iraqi city where rebels staged a mass uprising last week in support of
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces have seized control of up to 70 percent of this rebel stronghold, US and Iraqi officials said yesterday, as American and Iraqi troops battled insurgents along the city's main street and confronted isolated pockets of gunmen who had slipped back behind US lines.
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Iraqi soldiers and the US army have begun operations against the insurgents in some parts of Mosul, a northern city of Iraq. Angela Bowman, a US military officer, said that the Iraqi and US forces began operating
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Description: NPR&#39;s Phillip Reeves reports from Mosul in northern Iraq, where American forces have been combating insurgents this past week.
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MOSUL - US and Iraqi troops recaptured police stations and secured bridges in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday in an offensive aimed at pushing out fighters supporting the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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US-led troops battling to take control of Fallujah ran into clusters of fierce resistance on Friday as aid agencies pressed for access to the Iraqi city to take food and water to civilians trapped inside.
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Description: The US-led invasion of Fallujah has sparked a major upsurge in fighting elsewhere in Iraq. Insurgents seized control of major parts of the northern city of Mosul, prompting a counterattack by the US NPR&#39;s Philip Reeves reports.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq -- US forces flushed out insurgent holdouts in this ravaged city yesterday, while the interim Iraqi government dispatched reinforcements to the northern city of Mosul, where police control has crumbled in the face of guerrilla attacks.
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American and Iraqi forces clashed with insurgents in several areas of Mosul yesterday, killing at least 11 attackers in a key northern city that has seen a surge in violence recently, officials said.
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American troops swept through Mosul today, backed up by armored vehicles, jets and helicopter gunships, hunting for suspects.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq  - US troops tightened their grip on Fallujah but clashed with rebels in Iraq &#39;s main northern city of Mosul, where gunmen roamed the streets, and in the capital where one US soldier was killed.
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Insurgents attempted to overrun two police stations in the northern city of Mosul but were repelled by Iraqi police and National Guards, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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US forces and Iraqi units last night were preparing to storm rebel strongholds in the northern city of Mosul as fighting wound down in Fallujah.
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US-led troops battling for control of Fallujah yesterday took their fight against rebels to the south of the Iraqi city as scores of insurgents opened a new front in Mosul in the north.