Mosul, where at least 20 people were reported killed and more than 60 wounded in a blast on a US military base, is an ancient, ethnically diverse city that has become a major front in the insurgency.The Al-Qaeda linked Army of Ansar al-Sunna said it carried out the attack in a city that intelligence chief Mohammed Abdullah al-Shahwani has branded a major base for militants linked to Iraq’s Al-Qaeda pointman, Abu Musab Zarqawi. Once considered a success story following the war to unseat Saddam Hussein, the northern city has been transformed into a battleground between insurgents and US forces.Full Story
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