Mosul Violence

US Troops Could Stay In Mosul Past June 30 Deadline

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — U.S. troops may remain in an Iraqi city threatened daily by al-Qaida past a June 30 withdrawal deadline, the top American commander...

5 US Soldiers Killed In Mosul, Iraq Truck Bombing

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A suicide truck driver detonated a ton of explosives near a police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul on Friday, killing five ...

US Troops May Stay Longer In Mosul Due To Fighting: Odierno

abcnews.go.com | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, said that continuing the fight against insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul might...

Mosul, Iraq: Few Jobs, Lots Of Trouble

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


MOSUL, Iraq — Five years ago this month, Paul Wolfowitz, then the Pentagon's second-ranking official, dropped in on this northern city to take i...

Sam Stein

In An Iraq-Related Hole, McCain Keeps On Digging

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


In politics, as in life, when one is in a hole, he or she should stop digging. This advice was not heeded by John McCain's campaign today. Both the Se...