motherjones.com - 10/28/2008
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MOSUL.... For years, Iraq observers have been warning about the ongoing tensions in Kirkuk between Sunni Arabs and ethnic Kurds. That tension is now in danger of exploding into outright war, but it turns out the initial flashpoint isn't Kirkuk after all. It's Mosul: The Shiite-led government ...
More on Mosul
mudvillegazette.com 11/25/2008 — A must-read on Mosul and Mansfield, Massachusetts, and Marines.
Therein you'll find the answer to this: "Thirty jarheads in an eight-hour firefight with 250 Taliban, guess who wins."
From which, this spoiler: "I didn’t realize how many bad ...
Mosul
mudvillegazette.com 2/25/2009 — Mosul : U.S.-Iraqi Effort Targets Al-Qaeda's Last Stronghold
BAGHDAD -- U.S. and Iraqi forces have begun a new military offensive in northern Iraq aimed at rooting out al-Qaeda and other Sunni insurgents, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Sunday.
The offensive -- dubbed Operation New Hope -- ...
And more on Mosul
mudvillegazette.com 11/25/2008 — All right, this is more the sort of report I was wanting to see: MOSUL, IRAQ: Kiowa scout helicopters buzzed over the column of American and Iraqi troops, as they often do here in Mosul, hoping to deter insurgents from attacking. Iraqis in the blue ...
Mosul
mudvillegazette.com 11/25/2008 — So last week I wished for reports from Mosul , and this week I find
One : MOSUL, IRAQ — With Iraqi Christians a threatened and dwindling minority, U.S. forces are safeguarding a 1,400-year-old monastery — Iraq's most ancient — for a time when ...
In eastern Mosul, veteran Iraqi unit adapts to new situation
longwarjournal.org 1/5/2009 — MOSUL, IRAQ: Among most American troops in Iraq, the city of Mosul has a reputation – the last urban battlefield, the place where the country’s Sunni insurgency remains strongest. But for some of the Iraqi units that operate in the city, the security ...
In Mosul, Iraqi units overshadow Americans
longwarjournal.org 11/19/2008 — One after another, the vehicles streamed past into central Mosul – beige armored vehicles bristling with weapons and antennae, followed by trucks packed with troops. The midnight push was an unusually large one, totaling more than forty vehicles and ...
On walk across Mosul, general sees gains and room for more
longwarjournal.org 11/24/2008 — MOSUL, IRAQ: Kiowa scout helicopters buzzed over the column of American and Iraqi troops, as they often do here in Mosul, hoping to deter insurgents from attacking. Iraqis in the blue camouflage of the National Police walked at the head of the ...
5 wounded in IED blast in Mosul
en.aswataliraq.info 10/17/2008 — NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Five people, including two policemen, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a police patrol in northern Mosul on Friday, a security source said.“The IED ripped through al-Jamea neighborhood, ...
Iraq: Security improves for Christians in Mosul - Adnkronos Politics
adnkronos.com 2/1/2009 — Baghdad, 30 Jan. (AKI) - Security for the Christian minority in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul has improved since the wave of sectarian violence there last year, according to the only Christian candidate running in Saturday's provincial elections, ...
Big foreign policy agenda awaits next president —
Reuters: Politics 10/29/2008
NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) - The next U.S. president will face a daunting list of foreign policy challenges, from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the global financial crisis to the need to shore up the country's frayed international image.
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