Battle of Mosul (2004)

For other uses, see Battle of Mosul (disambiguation).
Battle of Mosul
Part of the Iraq War

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment fire mortars at insurgent positions in the city
DateNovember 8–16, 2004
Location
Mosul, Iraq
Result

Coalition victory[8]

  • Failed insurgent attempt to take Mosul
Belligerents
United States United States
Iraq Iraqi Security Forces
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga[1]		 Al-Qaeda in Iraq[2]
Ansar al-Sunna[3]
Islamic Army in Iraq[4]
Ba'ath Party Loyalists[5]
Brigades of the Army of the Mustafa [6]
Army of the Conqueror[7]
Other Iraqi insurgents
Commanders and leaders
United States John Sattler
United States Col Robert Brown
United States Jim Coffman
Iraq Adnan Thabit
(Police commando leader)
Iraq Ahmed Khalaf Jabouri
(Police commissioner)
Masoud Barzani		 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
United States 18 killed
170 wounded
Iraq 116 killed
5,000 deserted[9]
United Kingdom 1 security contractor killed		 Estimated 600 - at least 71 killed (confirmed)
actual losses unknown
Unknown number of civilians killed
1 Turkish truck driver

The Battle of Mosul was fought during the Iraq War in 2004 for the capital of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq that occurred concurrently to fighting in Fallujah.

  1. ^ Mockaitis, Thomas R., The Iraq War Encyclopedia , ABC-CLIO, 2013 ISBN 0313380627 ISBN 978-0313380624
  2. ^ Mockaitis, Thomas R., The Iraq War Encyclopedia , ABC-CLIO, 2013 ISBN 0313380627 ISBN 978-0313380624
  3. ^ http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/reports/Iraq%20Report%208.pdf, p.9
  4. ^ Nance, Malcolm W., The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003-2014, CRC Press, 2014 ISBN 1498706894 ISBN 978-1498706896
  5. ^ Mockaitis, Thomas R., The Iraq War Encyclopedia , ABC-CLIO, 2013 ISBN 0313380627 ISBN 978-0313380624
  6. ^ Nance, Malcolm W., The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003-2014, CRC Press, 2014 ISBN 1498706894 ISBN 978-1498706896
  7. ^ Nance, Malcolm W., The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003-2014, CRC Press, 2014 ISBN 1498706894 ISBN 978-1498706896
  8. ^ "Troops Pound Insurgents In Mosul". Military.com. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Jan 26, 2005, Casey: Iraqi security may never be able to beat insurgents". NBC News. 2005-01-26. Retrieved September 7, 2010.