3 gunmen killed in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Joint Iraqi-U.S. forces killed three gunmen during a security operation in the city of Mosul on Thursday, the media advisor of the U.S. troops said. “Acting on intelligence information, U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an operation to arrest a leader of an armed group in the city of Mosul on Thursday (Jan. 22),” the advisor told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces came under fire attack, forcing them to respond, killing three gunmen,” he also said. A police source had said yesterday U.S. forces raided a house in Albosaif village, southern Mosul, and killed three brothers inside the house Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1