Iraqi PM visits Mosul to review anti-Qaida campaign

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki visited the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to supervise a military offensive against al-Qaida in Iraq in its last major stronghold, regional Gov. Duraid Kashmola said.

Maliki's flight to northern Iraq mirrors a similar trip he took almost two months ago to the southern city of Basra, where government troops fought radical Shiite militias. That fighting spread to the Shiite slum of Sadr City in Baghdad, where a cease-fire to end those clashes was only reached on Monday.

The offensive, called Lion's Roar, is the latest effort by Iraqi and U.S. troops to clear al-Qaida fighters from Mosul, the nation's third largest city. Troops began sweeping though the city's neighborhoods last week.

Mosul is considered the last important urban staging ground for al-Qaida in Iraq after losing its strongholds in Baghdad and other areas during the U.S. troop "surge" last year. American troops will support Iraqi forces when requested, the U.S. military has said.



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500 suspected insurgents detained in N Iraq



MOSUL, Iraq, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces detained some 500 suspected insurgents during a major offensive in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh, Iraqi interior minister said on Tuesday.

"Our troops have detained up to 500 suspects for their involvement in violence in Nineveh province during the past three days of Operation Lion's Roar," said Jawad al-Bolani who arrived in Mosul earlier to oversee the offensive launched on Saturday against al-Qaida militants in the province.

Local leaders of terrorist groups were among the detained, Bolani said, adding that two senior police officers in the province were also detained for their connection with the terrorist groups, according to intelligence reports.


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[angstlessk]

1. i wonder how the German newspapers read during the French resistance??

I bet it sounds alot like the US newspapers regarding the Iraq occupation? I would love to hear about some headlines from Germany during WW2 (translated of course-I AM a US American so I do not speak any 'alien' tongues)