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Nineveh Civil Defense Headquarters Opens By Pfc. Chris Jones, USASpecial to American Forces Press Service MOSUL, Iraq, Nov. 10, 2003 - The headquarters for all fire stations in the Nineveh province of Northern Iraq opened Oct. 30 after soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) helped to rebuild it. Two months of work and more than $40,000 of coalition funds were put into restoration efforts of the Nineveh Civil Defense Headquarters in Mosul, which will oversee and support all fire stations in the Nineveh region. A six- soldier team with the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion -- an Army...

'Climbing over the rotting garbage, I realized I was the first Jew to enter this holy place in over 50 years' I am writing to you from Nineveh, the city of the prophet Jonah. Its present name is Mosul. I have had the privilege of seeing its ancient walls, of touching its stones, of going to the grave Islamic tradition says is the prophet Jonah's. There is a mosque at the site; but hundreds of years ago, the Iraqis we work with tell me, it was a synagogue. They tell me the reason the site is so sacred is because...

<p>Cable News Reported that they have recieved word that leaders in Mosul are prepared to surrender to Coalition forces.</p>