Mosul is called "Al Qaeda's last urban stronghold".
US General calls Mosul "a critical location for battling the terrorists".
John McCain visited Mosul on Sunday.
The Iraqi Army's most mature and effective division is in Mosul.
The Iraqi Army is conducting operations in Mosul.
Eight people, including two policemen, were wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a Kurdistan Democratic Party office in Mosul on Sunday.
Five mortar bombs wounded two people when they landed in central Mosul on Monday.
Funeral in Mosul was held Friday for Paulo Rahho, the kidnapped archbishop who was found dead.
Pope tells Iraq: "Honor archbishop Rahho with peace".
