Battle of Mosul (2004)
The Battle of Mosul was a battle fought during the Iraq War in 2004 for the capital of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq that occurred concurrently to fighting in Fallujah.
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 |
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Ansar al-Sunna Islamic Army in Iraq Ba'ath Party Loyalists Brigades of the Army of the Mustafa Army of the Conqueror 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 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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