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Mosul, Iraq
The Army’s Task Force Olympia is headquartered in Mosul and has responsability for security in
Ninewa, Irbil and Dahuk provinces. In February, 2004 the US Central Command
described the taskforce thusly. "[It] is a sub-element of I Corps headquarters based at Fort
Lewis, Wash. The unit includes representatives from all three components of the United States Army
(Active, Reserve and National Guard) as well as United States Marine Corps and Australian officers.
Task Force Olympia’s subordinate units include the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker
Brigade Combat Team), from Fort Lewis, four Iraqi Civil Defense Corps battalions, three Iraq
Border Police battalions and several thousand members of the Iraq Facility Protection Security
Forces and will soon include an Iraq Armed Forces battalion."
Links
• Search Google News for Mosul, or
Task Force Olympia
Images
• Mosul overview
• Mosul houses
• Aerial views of Hussein family palace in Mosul
Maps
• Iraq map, showing Mosul
• 2003 Mosul map (huge - 1,72MB)
• 1949 Mosul map (316KB)
• Northern Iraq aviation map (large - 892KB)
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