U.S. Advances into Mosul, Little Resistance

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The more than 1,000 U.S. troops that advanced into Mosul to flush out Iraqi insurgents and retake police stations met little resistance, officials said.

U.S. officials said the police stations in west Mosul were retaken Tuesday, and the U.S. military would secure the eastern side of the city Wednesday, the BBC reported.

"We are in the process of securing all of the police stations and returning the police to these stations to (put) in place a strong police presence," said a U.S. military spokeswoman.

It's believed the insurgents in Mosul were trying to stretch the U.S. military by stepping up their attacks in several parts of the country as the attack on Fallujah began last week.
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1. Great, another Turd Island

Where we can be King Shit.

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2. But LAT, the only paper with a dateline in Mosul, says this:

Citing the military, the Post and NYT both say there doesn't appear to be much resistance in Mosul. The LAT is the only paper with a dateline from the city, and it has a different take. The paper describes a "series of bloody attacks and counterattacks" yesterday: Among them: A suicide car bomb killed "several" Iraqi troops and civilians, three police stations were mortared, and the Kurdish party HQ was repeatedly attacked. One U.S. commander told the Post that 80 percent of Mosul's police haven't shown up for work since the insurgent offensive began last week.

Mess in Mosul
By Eric Umansky
Posted Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at 12:39 AM PT
http://www.slate.com/Default.aspx?id=2109854&