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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern Iraq on the Tigris River north-northwest of Baghdad. An important center on the historical caravan route across northern Mesopotamia, it became part of the Ottoman Empire in the 1500s. Mosul was awarded to Iraq by the League of Nations in 1926.
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- proper noun A
city innorthern Iraq ; capital ofNineveh province.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
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Examples
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MOSUL - The bodies of three people were found shot dead on Saturday in Mosul, police said.
A Problem Denied is a Problem Solved Garry 2006
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MOSUL - The bodies of three women with gunshot wounds were found in the northern city of Mosul, a medical source said.
A Problem Denied is a Problem Solved Garry 2006
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MOSUL - A car bomb targeting a U.S. patrol killed three women and wounded six in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km 240 miles north of Baghdad, police said.
A Problem Denied is a Problem Solved Garry 2006
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MOSUL - Two policemen killed in drive-by shooting in northern town of Mosul, police said.
Isolated Incidents Garry 2006
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MOSUL (Iraq): At least eight people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in Iraq's restive northern city of Mosul on Friday, security sources said.
The Times of India 2009
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MOSUL (Iraq): At least eight people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in Iraq's restive northern city of Mosul on Friday, security sources said.
The Times of India 2009
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MOSUL - Two policemen were killed when gunmen opened fire at their checkpoint in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday evening, police said.
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MOSUL - At least eight people were killed and 20 wounded in a suicide truck bombing in Iraq's restive northern city of Mosul on Friday, security sources told AFP.
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However, another prominent local politician, Hashim al-Hamadani, said "the situation in Mosul is grave" and "we need U.S. forces after the June deadline."
Suicide bombing kills 5 U.S. soldiers, 2 Iraqis in Mosul 2009
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The fight against al Qaeda in Mosul is succeeding in further weakening that deadly terrorist group, and many key leaders have been killed or captured.
McCain Statement on Obama's Foreign Policy - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008
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