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Iraqis tour the site where an explosion on Wednesday collapsed a three-story apartment building and ravaged adjacent houses just minutes after the Iraqi army arrived to investigate tips about a weapons cache in Mosul, Iraq Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. Police on Thursday raised the casualty toll from that blast to at least 18 killed and 146 wounded. (AP Photo)
Yacoub again.
The centerpiece of the shift is Mosul, about 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, where insurgents are believed to use the cover of sprawling sheep and produce markets to smuggle cash, weapons and foreign fighters from nearby Syria.
With the northward migration, U.S. officers have sought — but not received — additional forces for Mosul.
On the ground in Baghdad reporting on events in Mosul. Just the kind of propaganda I like with my scrambled democrats.
Silly AP writer. In this past year, we have let the rats feel safe and congregate. Then, we take them out in mass. The time is coming for this city.