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Mosul stories: 27 news summaries

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(Newser) - A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad and Mosul killed at least 41 people today and raised fears of a new upsurge in sectarian violence, the BBC reports. In Mosul, where an attack on a Shia mosque killed 40 people Friday, a double truck bomb killed 25 people in a... More »

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Iraq • sectarian violence • Baghdad • bombing • car bomb • Mosul • Iraq war

 Iraqis Applaud US Exit, 
 but Fears Linger 

US troops quit Iraqi cities June 30; some see economic boon

Jun 21, 09 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many Iraqis are looking forward to the departure of US troops from the country’s cities June 30—but what that means for security remains to be seen, Reuters reports. “Anyone who wants to fight them can go there and attack their bases without harming civilians,” says one... More »

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Iraq • Iraq pullout • US troops • troop withdrawal • Mosul • cities • Iraq war

(Newser) - US troops in Mosul shot dead a 12-year-old boy who they said hurled a grenade at them, and American authorities complained that Iraqis are paying children to attack, Reuters reports. Iraqi police, however, denied the boy was involved. He was holding about $9 in his hand when he was killed.... More »

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Iraq • children • US troops • Iraqi soldiers • Mosul • grenade

Man in Iraqi Uniform
Kills 2 US
Soldiers

3 others wounded
in Mosul attack

May 2, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man in an Iraqi army uniform shot and killed two US soldiers and injured three others just outside Mosul today, Reuters reports. The attacker was killed in the firefight as well, initial reports say. An Iraqi police lieutenant-colonel said the man was an Iraqi soldier who also served as... More »

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Iraq • Iraqi soldiers • Mosul • Iraqi security forces • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Talks Begin on Keeping US Troops in Mosul, Baghdad

Despite deadline, US may keep forces in some Iraqi cities

Apr 27, 09 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and Iraq are negotiating exceptions to the June 30 deadline for withdrawing combat troops from Iraqi cities, reports the New York Times. While the US military will leave most cities and towns by the deadlines, troops may remain in Mosul, the northern city critical to al-Qaeda in Iraq,... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • Mosul • troop levels • Iraq war

 Mosul Truck 
 Bomb Kills 
 5 US Troops 

Two Iraqi cops killed, 18 others wounded in deadliest attack of year

Apr 10, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A truck filled with explosives crashed into a police headquarters in Mosul today, killing five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen. The suicide attack was the deadliest single incident involving US troops this year, the AP reports. The chief of operations in Mosul said the policemen were the target, and... More »

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Iraq • suicide bombing • Iraq death toll • US troops • death toll • Mosul • truck bomb • Iraq police • casualties • war dead

General: Al-Qaeda Threatens Iraq Withdrawal Deadline

Troops may stay in Mosul, Baqubah beyond June 30

Apr 10, 09 1:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US may have to ignore the June 30 deadline for US troops to pull out of Iraqi cities if al-Qaeda is to be defeated, America's top commander in Iraq tells the Times of London. Gen. Ray Odierno believes the military can stick to most of the withdrawal timetable, but... More »

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US military • troop withdrawal • Mosul • Baqubah • Iraq war • Status of Forces Agreement • Gen. Ray Odierno

Council Gives Iraq Security Deal Final Approval

Two bombings claim lives of Iraqi civilians, US troops

Dec 4, 08 10:43 AM CST
(AP) - Iraq's presidential council today approved the security pact that lays out a 3-year timeframe for US troops to leave— the final step for the agreement to replace a UN mandate that expires Dec. 31, the AP reports. As the final legal hurdle to the deal was cleared, American soldiers and... More »

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Iraq • police • US military • bombing • Mosul • Iraq parliament • Fallujah

 Bombings Kill 31 
 in Baghdad, Mosul 

Suicide attacks rock police academy, US-Iraqi patrol

Dec 1, 08 7:40 AM CST
(AP) - Suicide bombers struck today near a Baghdad police academy and in Mosul against a joint US-Iraqi patrol, together killing 31 people, Iraqi officials said. In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded outside the heavily fortified academy. Minutes later, a suicide attacker blew himself up as police rushed to respond to the... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • US military • suicide bombing • car bomb • Mosul • Iraq Army • Iraq war

Mullen Warns Iraq Exit Will Take More Than 2 Years

Joint Chiefs chairman still wants US withdrawal tied to security situation

Nov 18, 08 1:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is "comfortable" with the new US-Iraq security pact scheduling the start of an American troop pullout next year, but believes some major hurdles still exist, the Washington Post reports. Admiral Michael Mullen cautioned that the US has huge amounts of equipment... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • Iraq pullout • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • troop withdrawal • Mosul • Iraq war • President Obama

Iraqi Christians Flee Murder Campaign

1,000 families run scared after 3 homes bombed in Mosul

Oct 11, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Escalating anti-Christian violence has forced almost 1,000 families to flee the Iraqi city of Mosul, AFP reports. They are hiding in surrounding schools and churches after three homes were bombed in the city, a known al-Qaeda stronghold. The violence "is the fiercest campaign against the Christians since 2003,... More »

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Mosul • Iraq Civil War • Christians in Iraq

ANALYSIS

 Iraqis Losing Love for al-Qaeda 

Insurgents reeling from citizen backlash, troop surge

Jul 6, 08 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Outsmarted and overwhelmed by allied forces in Iraq, al-Qaeda is getting desperate, Marie Colvin writes for the London Times. The insurgents, masters of organized resistance, are now resorting to small-scale hit-and-run attacks amidst waning support from Iraqis. “Al-Qaeda in Mosul is pretty much not able to do... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • troop surge • David Petraeus • US military • Mosul • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Baghdad Collars 1,000 in al-Qaeda Offensive

Mosul, Nineveh center of crackdown

May 17, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi forces have detained over 1,000 suspected militants in a massive push to drive al-Qaeda out of northern Iraq, Reuters reports. The crackdown centers on Mosul, al-Qaeda’s last major urban foothold. “This operation will last until we finish off all the terrorist remnants and outlaws,” said... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • Mosul • al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia

Shiite Militants Agree to
Sadr City Cease-Fire

But truce may not end weeks of violence there

May 10, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shiite militants have agreed to a cease-fire in Baghdad’s Sadr City, said an aide to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia is concentrated there, the AP reports. Sadrists “will stop fighting in Sadr City and will stop displaying arms in public,” the aide said. “In return, the... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Baghdad • Mosul • Muqtada al-Sadr • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Shiite militants

Iraqi Army
Nabs Key Militant Leader

Soldiers in Mosul
arrest chief of
Al-Qaeda in Iraq

May 8, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi army has arrested the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the AP reports today. Defense officials said they took Abu Ayyub al-Masri into custody in Mosul. He has led the group—which last month called for stepped-up attacks against US forces—since 2006. Masri helped set... More »

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Iraq • terrorism • Mosul • Iraq Army • al-Qaeda in Iraq • Abu Ayyub al-Masri

 Freed From Gitmo—to Kill in Iraq 

Release detainee becomes suicide bomber

May 8, 08 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the suicide bombers responsible for a series of attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul last month is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, reports the New York Times. The Kuwaiti, originally detained in Afghanistan, is said to have traveled to Iraq via Syria to join jihadists... More »

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Iran • terrorism • suicide bomber • enemy combatants • Guantanamo Bay • Hoshyar Zebari • Mosul • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • detainees

Iraqi Forces Rescue 40 Kidnapped Students

Bus was grabbed at fake Mosul checkpoint

Apr 6, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraqi police and soldiers have freed at least 40 students kidnapped by suspected members of Sunni Islamist al-Qaeda, Reuters reports. The young men had been seized by gunmen near Mosul in northern Iraq who set up a fake checkpoint and stopped two busloads of students returning to classes from a... More »

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Iraq • kidnapping • Mosul • Iraq Army • Iraq police • al-Qaeda

updated

 Easter Bombings in
 Iraq Kill at Least 57 

Al-Qaeda bomber kills 13 in Mosul, while rockets hit Green Zone

Mar 23, 08 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a yearlong decline in violence in Iraq, a series of attacks on Easter Sunday killed at least 57, reports the AP. In the most severe, a suicide car bomber killed at least 13 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 42 people at a military base in Mosul, an al-Qaeda holdout. A... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Baghdad • Green Zone • US embassy in Baghdad • Mosul • Shiite militia • Shiite cleric • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Kidnapped Priest Found Dead in Iraq

Captors tell church Chaldean archbishop was ill before death

Mar 13, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The body of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was abducted last month has been found in a shallow grave in northern Iraq, the BBC reports. His kidnappers contacted church officials yesterday to tell them Paulos Faraj Rahho, archbishop of Mosul, had become very sick. They reported his death later that... More »

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Iraq • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • kidnapping • Vatican • Mosul • archbishop • Christians in Iraq • Chaldean Catholics • Paulos Faraj Rahho

Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader Killed in US Missile Attack

He was responsible for bombing deaths of 5 Yank soldiers

Mar 3, 08 4:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A top al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, said to be responsible for the bombing deaths of five American soldiers, was killed last week when his car was struck by a missile fired by a US helicopter, officials revealed yesterday. Abu Yasir al-Saudi, from Saudi Arabia, was in charge of  operations in... More »

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Iraq • Mosul • helicopter • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

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