Iraqi Troops Clear Mosul of AQ and Other Insurgents

Iraqi troops cleared Al-Qaeda from Mosul, the last urban bastion of jihad, the interior ministry announced. "Operation Mother of Two Springs has enabled us to dismantle and weaken the Al-Qaeda network in Nineveh province," spokesman Abdel Karim Khalaf stated. 1,480 people have been detained since the operation began. The range of those netted included other groups in addition to Al-Qaeda, members of Ansar al-Sunna, the Army of Mujahedeen, and the Brigades of the 1920 Revolution.