Political control of the area around Mosul, and the oil beneath it, is in dispute.
On Friday, Iraqi security forces arrested four men in Mosul in connection with anti-Christian attacks.
Last week, Iraq's Ministry of Immigration and Displaced Persons said 1, 424 Christian families had fled Mosul.
Up in the north, it appears the Iraqi forces are withdrawing in the Mosul area.
Iraqi soldiers have been abandoning those positions without a fight and pulling back toward Mosul.
And there's no doubt in my mind that they'll do the same thing here in Mosul.
Mosul is the capital of Nineveh province and is the largest city in northern Iraq.
Now commanders in northern Iraq's largest city, Mosul, say they've uncovered a network of Mafia-style rackets.
Also, troops in the northern city of Mosul captured a wanted man and four of his associates.
Anas, 27, hosted several programs on Sama Mosul, a local TV station that began broadcasting last year.
In 2003 and early 2004, Petraeus was fairly successful in tamping down violence in Mosul using unconventional methods.
There has been helpful assistance in the logistic build-up of the inspection infrastructure, e.g. at the Mosul office.
Myers said one Marine was wounded early Monday during a firefight on the Mosul airfield in the north.
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Al-Maliki is in Mosul overseeing a military offensive called Mother of Two Springs against al Qaeda in Iraq.
Born in 1961 in Mosul, Iraq, the militant joined al Qaeda late in the last decade, according to the intelligence official.
The two sides used to meet weekly at an Iraqi post near Mosul.
North of the city of Mosul, Iraqi forces pulled back about 13 miles.
Still, U.S. military commanders say that is not the way the fight in Mosul is going to play out.
Look at Mosul: when the surge in the south left them short, al Qaeda regrouped there and is re-emerging.
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The operations took place in Mosul, Tarmiya, Bi'aj, Baiji and the Balad area.
From November 10-17, 29 people have been killed and 82 wounded in Mosul, said an Iraqi Ministry of Health official.
In Mosul, two U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday in a helicopter hard landing, the U.S. military said in a statement.
Again, the Iraqis have been pulling back without much of a fight and consolidating their positions around Kirkuk and Mosul.
As the Americans and their Iraqi army allies successfully hunt them down elsewhere in Iraq, many have gravitated to Mosul.
The commanders noted that during the first Falluja offensive in April this year there was an upsurge of violence in Mosul.
Matsuura called for protection of the Archaeological Museum of Baghdad and the Mosul Museum and other institutions in the Baghdad region.
Al-Maliki also has promised a major offensive targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, a predominantly Sunni group, in the northern city of Mosul.
And another defendant, the former governor of the province of Mosul in the north, was actually released because of lack of evidence.
Iraqi troops in and near the northern city of Mosul have been fighting al Qaeda in Iraq, the Sunni militant group.
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