The battle for Mosul

SedyAlpha · #1 (**permalink**) 05-06-2005, 04:31 PM

http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/2005/...for-mosul.html

The 25th ID operations in that city are documented and it starts at the end of the battle of Falluja, in late 2004.When the terrorist got there they didn't spare the civilians either, and after killing every policeman they could, started on the firemen.
We pick up the story by Michael Yon on the 1/24 of 25 ID, the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment "Deuce Four".These soldiers were aware that the terrorist were seeking to run car bombs{VIEDs,} into their stryker vehicles and destroy them.When Yon was with them he was with the commander LTC Erik Kurilla on April 23, 2005 when, a large explosion was heard in the distance. A VBIED had succeeded in hitting a Stryker. He narrates:

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We loaded the four Strykers, closed the ramps, and rolled. The attack site was three minutes away. ... There might be follow-on suicide attacks, or IEDs planted on target, or perhaps dozens of insurgents with machine guns and rockets might be waiting to ambush us. ... Within minutes of our arrival, the men had wrestled out their severely injured friends and were climbing off the burning Stryker, separating into teams that shored up defensive positions while others scoured the area searching for other IEDs. ... Meanwhile, American sniper teams had found perches around the blast site, and Army attack helicopters circled low overhead, at times so close that I could practically see the patches on the pilots' uniforms ...

Just a few weeks earlier, when another of Kurilla's Strykers was hit by an SVBIED, a camera crew arrived on scene. As a man pumped an AK, an American sniper killed him, wounding the cameraman in the process. When it was later learned that the cameraman was a stringer for CBS who had close ties with the enemy, CBS apologized on the air.

Just as we pulled out, people arrived with cameras and began shooting footage of the scene. One of the men, whom we later learned was an Associated Press correspondent with known ties to the enemy, is dead now. The associate scavenging with him was seriously wounded.

Seems YON is referencing the incident a few weeks earlier that made news about the cameraman Hired by CBS being a terrorist himself.

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Reporters Sans Frontieres today called for an investigation after a freelance cameraman working for CBS in Iraq was shot by US troops who mistook his camera for a gun ... near the northern city of Mosul. It is the second time US forces have mistaken a camera for a weapon ... RSF called the shooting "unacceptable" and called for a "thorough and transparent investigation". "Once again the US forces have targeted a journalist just doing his job," the press freedom organisation said. "We again call on this same army to be more vigilant and discerning in order to avoid these unacceptable blunders." The cameraman (was hit) during an exchange of shots between Iraqi insurgents and members of the 1st brigade of the US 25th infantry division.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...454559,00.html

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BAGHDAD, Iraq Apr 8, 2005 — A cameraman carrying CBS press credentials was detained in Iraq earlier this week on suspicion of insurgent activity, the U.S. military said Friday. ... A spokesman for Task Force Freedom, Capt. Mark Walter, said the reporter suffered minor wounds and was with "a number of people" involved in the shootout. Walter said the reporter was detained immediately after the incident, in part because of statements from witnesses to the battle.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=653494

filed by Jim Stewart of CBS as a follow up;

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April 8: "the military became suspicious when they examined the contents of the camera and found pictures of what appears to be the aftermath of four separate attacks by insurgents using IEDs, improvised explosive devices. The footage, taken so soon after the attacks, suggest the cameraman had to have foreknowledge that the attacks would take place, officials told Stewart."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in686858.shtml

"Deuce Four" is part of the 1st brigade of the 25 ID so thats how we conclude this is that incident.
Out of all that is clearly news worthy, all that the press played up was the camera man that got shot. All that YON reported was push into oblivion except this terrorist cameraman. Seems the press thinks it can do anything it likes and get away with it these days.ARROGANT B@ST****

All they care about is a cameraman that is a collaborating being caught or shot???? Well remember that the next time we here them scream about a reporter or cameraman being :targeted" by the military.

Tedminator · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2005, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SedyAlpha";p=&quot

Out of all that is clearly news worthy, all that the press played up was the camera man that got shot. All that YON reported was push into oblivion except this terrorist cameraman. Seems the press thinks it can do anything it likes and get away with it these days.ARROGANT B@ST****

All they care about is a cameraman that is a collaborating being caught or shot???? Well remember that the next time we here them scream about a reporter or cameraman being :targeted" by the military.

On the flip side, the US media did not give the attack footage airtime. so you can probably give them a little credit for that. Some of those footage of AFVs getting blown up is ...very scary to say the least.

As for the media companies being infiltrated by the enemy, that sucks all the way around. Unfortunetly it's the nature of this insurgency, the enemy could be anywhere at anytime... even being a REMF in Iraq is more a state of mind than a physical location from what I've heard.

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