Juan Cole, Informed Comment AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 24, 2008. John McCain thinks that Iraq borders Pakistan while the troop agreement misses deadline and Mosul, Diyala, and Fallujah experience violence.
Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. May 12, 2008. Five years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Mosul, one of the world's great cities, has become a desolate battleground.
James Macintyre, Independent UK. May 9, 2008. The Iraqi Defense Ministry claims Washington's prime target, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been arrested, but the White House is skeptical.
Sahar al-Haideri, IWPR Online. August 13, 2007. Many of Mosul's Christians have gone abroad to escape the threat of violence, while others have sought refuge in the countryside around Mosul.
