John Laughland reports from Iraq on the determination of ordinary people to fight any attempt by the British and Americans to impose regime change
Mosul, northern Iraq
The ancient city of Mosul straddles the Tigris near the Turkish and Syrian borders, and just beneath the hills of Kurdistan.

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