Iraqi forces declare victory over ISIS in Mosul
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2017
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Western backed Iraqi forces have struck a blow against the Islamic State by devastating half the city of Mosul, leaving more than 700,000 refugees. Will the US and other allies help to rebuild — as ISIS violence continues?
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.5 | Destroying Mosul in order to save it. |
| 0:14.4 | Hello again, I'm Armin Al-me, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:16.9 | The Islamic State is mostly gone from the ancient city of Mosul after what some veterans |
| 0:21.6 | call the toughest urban warfare since World War II. Iraq's Prime Minister Al-Abadi has declared |
| 0:27.8 | victory, but half his second largest cities in ruins. Thousands are dead. More than 700,000 are refugees. |
| 0:35.9 | Nobody thinks peace is at hand, while ISIS still holds the Syrian city |
| 0:39.7 | of Raqa and fosters violence in other places, too. Will the U.S. and other Western countries help |
| 0:44.9 | rebuild Mosul, while Kurds, Turks, and other factions struggle for power? Later on today's |
| 0:50.9 | talking point, new confusion as Senate Republicans offer competing plans for health care reform. |
| 0:57.3 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:31.3 | Hello again, Mormon-Aulny, back with To The Poet. Western-backed Iraqi forces have struck a blow against the Islamic State by devastating half the city of Mosul, leaving more than 700,000 refugees. |
| 1:41.8 | Will the U.S. and other allies help to rebuild as ISIS violence continues? |
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| 2:06.0 | President Emmanuel Macron. He made his first public comment about the growing controversy over his |
| 2:11.7 | son, Donald Jr. I have a son who's a great young man. He's a fine person. He took a meeting with a lawyer from Russia. |
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