STEVEN INSKEEP, host: Insurgents remain active in large parts of Mosul. That city  was once considered one of the brightest spots in Iraq. But over the weekend, a U.S. military spokesman said that of all attacks across Iraq each day, between half and two-thirds come from Mosul.</s>STEVEN INSKEEP, host: Last week, a U.S. military helicopter was in the sky over Mosul. The Americans believed they'd found a man responsible for some of the attacks. And at the appropriate moment, the American helicopter fired a missile. It struck and killed a man named Abu Yasir al-Saudi and another man. Al-Saudi is said to have masterminded an attack in the city that killed five U.S. soldiers in January.
The Iraqi city of Mosul is one of the last remaining strongholds for Al-Qaida in Iraq. Mosul was once considered one of the brightest spots in the country. But over the weekend, a U.S. military spokesman said that "between half and two-thirds" of all attacks across Iraq each day come from Mosul.