[No Blue States]

"Mosul would not be a good place for him to be. We are in bigger numbers there."

I agree. There are much better strongholds where he would be more likely to hide and with stronger support than in Mosul.

[NickatNite2003]

Actually, He's been reported in Mosul before, and
there is a large contingent of Saddam supporters
in Mosul that he had force emigrated into Mosul
during his reign where zarqawi may have had
friendly refuges among.