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Iraq used to be known as Mesopotamia, “the land between two rivers”, because of the very fertile plain between the Euphrates and the Tigris river. The Tigris river (often called the Hiddekel river in the Bible), is the site of the ancient capitol city of the Assyrian empire, Ninevah. Ninevah was also the city which the prophet Jonah attempted to avoid going to, though he was sent there by God, to preach repentance to the cruel and wicked Assyrians. When he did finally come to Ninevah, Jonah preached a very uninspiring message, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!...

The ancient city of Mosul, in Iraq, is currently experiencing an agonizing struggle between regular forces of the Iraqi Government, allied with the Kurdish Peshmurga , local Iraqi militias and supported by US and international coalition forces, seeking to wrest the city from the forces of the recently formed ISIS army. The joint operation is called in Arabic, Qadimun Ya Naynawa, translated “Oh Ninewa,Here We come!”. Can you see in the Arabic translation the name of an ancient Biblical city? Ninewa is the Arabic way of saying, “Ninevah”, the city which Jonah had once preached repentance unto, in spite of...

A massive crowd assembled to watch ISIS rebels throw another gay man off a building top this week. Hundreds of spectators came out to watch the brutal public execution. It looks like they drove their cars to the execution! The hung the man from his feet and then let him drop! The execution was most likely filmed in Nineveh Province where the Islamists have murdered several gay men. Tweet Translation: Media Office for # and Aah_ninoy Establish the limit on the reaction of the workers of sodomites ISIS is reportedly using “flirting squads” to single out gay men for trial...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2009 – Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisors, in recent days have arrested an alleged terrorist financier and recruiter, as well as five suspects in a roadside bomb network, military officials reported. In Balad, the Iraqi army’s emergency response brigade arrested alleged Khitab Hezbollah financier and recruiter Khalid Masur Ismail in Baghdad’s Sadr City district. Ismail, who also is known as Abu Mustafa, was arrested on a court-issued warrant when he identified himself upon contact and admitted to working as a manager for a security firm alleged to be a front for Khitab Hezbollah. During the operation, Iraqi...

TIKRIT, Iraq, May 22, 2008 – Iraqi and U.S. forces have significantly improved security in Iraq’s Ninevah province, a senior U.S. military commander in the region said yesterday. Army Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, commander of Task Force Iron and Multinational Division North, spoke at a news conference about the positive outcomes of the Iraqi-led and coalition-supported operations focused on al-Qaida in Iraq and other terrorist threats in the province. The operations in Ninevah are focused on eliminating terrorists who attack and inhibit improved security, the general said, with a goal of returning normalcy and reestablish a safe environment for...

via translation - ALERT - Iraq: The police chief of Mosul was killed in the attack BAGHDAD - The chief of police in the province of Mosul, in northern Iraq, Major General Salah al-Joubouri, was killed Thursday along with two other policemen in a suicide attack, said the American command in Baghdad.

MOSUL, Iraq - Competent Iraqi security forces and a deluge of tips from residents have helped U.S. troops tamp down violence in northern Iraq despite an influx of al-Qaida fighters responsible for occasional spectacular attacks, U.S. officials say. But American commanders believe the key to lasting peace is to resolve the region's most vexing political problem — Kurds hold too much power in the local government at the expense of Sunni Arabs. The situation here is somewhat similar to that in Baghdad, where U.S. troops have managed to reduce violence but politicians have failed to reach agreements for long-term stability....

KREIDI — U.S. forces joined local Iraqis to celebrate the opening of new water wells in Kreidi and Mualih Hasso, two villages near Forward Operating Base Qayyarah in the Ninevah province. Soldiers with 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment and Company B, 431st Civil Affairs (CA) Battalion participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony in Kreidi put on by leaders from both villages to commemorate the occasion. “Today is a good day,” said Dr. Mohammed Ismael Ahmed, a local physician and a tribal liaison for multiple small villages in the area. “The water from these wells will be used for washing,...

January 26, 2003 Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Psalm: Sunday Week 7 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Reading II Gospel Reading I Jon 3:1-5, 10 The word of the LORD came to Jonah, saying: "Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you." So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD's bidding. Now Nineveh was an enormously large city; it took three days to go through it. Jonah began his journey through the city, and had gone but a single day's walk announcing, "Forty days more and...

Soldiers' Pump Project Helps Iraqi Farmers By Pfc. Chris Jones, USASpecial to American Forces Press Service AL JEZEERA REGION, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2003 - Thousands of gallons of water surged from a reservoir into an aqueduct Oct. 12 at the Al Jezeera Pump Station, the start of a long journey to serve more than 200,000 farmers throughout the arid plains of Northern Iraq. With support from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Iraqi engineers worked to fix the water pump, which was inoperative before Operation Iraqi Freedom. After nearly three months of sweat, engineers brought the pump back to...

Oslo vending machines spark controversy Oslo residents have 23 vending machines which dispense video films. The service has left many citizens stunned, because the automats offer a bizarre selection, from children's films and cartoons to an assortment of piquant porn. "I am shocked that this is legal. Not least because the vending machine is placed between a technical college and an elementary school," said Kari Solbraekke, who spotted the video dispenser near Ullevaal Stadium. The firm Videomatic has placed 23 machines offering films for sale or rental around the Oslo area. The selection on offer ranges from family films like...