- 7/6/2025
Mosul (2019), directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan, is a gritty, intense war drama based on true events during the battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS. The film follows the Nineveh SWAT team, an elite unit of Iraqi policemen who’ve lost family members to ISIS and fight to reclaim their city block by block.
After a young police officer, Kawa (Adam Bessa), is rescued during a firefight, he’s invited to join the SWAT team led by the determined and battle-hardened Major Jasem (Suhail Dabbach). Together, they navigate the war-torn city’s narrow streets and bombed-out buildings on a dangerous, mysterious mission deep behind enemy lines.
Driven by raw emotion, revenge, and survival, the SWAT team engages in brutal, realistic firefights, showing the human cost of urban warfare. Mosul stands out for its all-Arabic dialogue, immersive cinematography, and unflinching portrayal of modern combat, offering a rare Iraqi perspective on the fight against ISIS.
Praised for its authenticity and intense action, the film highlights courage and sacrifice amid chaos.
Main Cast:
Suhail Dabbach as Major Jasem
Adam Bessa as Kawa
Is’haq Elias as Waleed
Mohamed Attougui as Sgt. Younes
Hayat Kamille as Kawa’s Aunt
After a young police officer, Kawa (Adam Bessa), is rescued during a firefight, he’s invited to join the SWAT team led by the determined and battle-hardened Major Jasem (Suhail Dabbach). Together, they navigate the war-torn city’s narrow streets and bombed-out buildings on a dangerous, mysterious mission deep behind enemy lines.
Driven by raw emotion, revenge, and survival, the SWAT team engages in brutal, realistic firefights, showing the human cost of urban warfare. Mosul stands out for its all-Arabic dialogue, immersive cinematography, and unflinching portrayal of modern combat, offering a rare Iraqi perspective on the fight against ISIS.
Praised for its authenticity and intense action, the film highlights courage and sacrifice amid chaos.
Main Cast:
Suhail Dabbach as Major Jasem
Adam Bessa as Kawa
Is’haq Elias as Waleed
Mohamed Attougui as Sgt. Younes
Hayat Kamille as Kawa’s Aunt
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00:00:00You
00:00:30I don't know.
00:01:00I don't know.
00:01:30I don't know.
00:02:00I have interviewed dozens of ISIS defectors in an attempt to understand their ideology,
00:02:06their objectives, their motivations.
00:02:10I came away from these meetings with more questions than answers.
00:02:15I have finally secured an interview with a high-value detainee who might be an important piece of this puzzle.
00:02:24His name is Nasser, an ISIS recruiter.
00:02:29But in order to reach the location where he is being held, my journey will take me up the Tigris River into the heart of ISIS-controlled Mosul.
00:02:36A grand coalition is forming to reclaim Mosul from the so-called Islamic State.
00:02:44All of Iraq's diverged ethnic groups are united, at least for now, to bring an end to the savage rule of Daesh.
00:02:54The term Daesh has become a popular description used by those who want to challenge the group's legitimacy and authority.
00:03:04Yet, even as these groups set aside their differences to focus on the common enemy,
00:03:10rumors of sectarian conflict are on the minds of everyone.
00:03:13That's why the external powers are here, to have a say in what rises from the ashes of Mosul.
00:03:24The only information that leads to Baghdad is the steady stream of snuff videos depicting torture,
00:03:31beheadings, and medieval religious fatwas.
00:03:33Those lucky enough to escape paint a bleak picture of life under Sharia rule.
00:03:42Long beards, strict dress codes, and summary execution for just about anything that smells like indulgence.
00:03:52Christians are burned alive.
00:03:56Homosexuals are thrown from rooftops to their death.
00:03:58Even trade and commerce with the occupied areas is virtually non-existent.
00:04:07From my sources in the Iraqi government, I learned an uncomfortable truth about what had led to the surprising success of Daesh.
00:04:16The Iraqi army had given up.
00:04:18When they fled to Baghdad, they left behind American weapons,
00:04:22including tanks and Humvees.
00:04:27Politics and sectarian differences had all undermined the civil defense against Daesh.
00:04:34Mosul was infested with Daesh spies and sympathizers.
00:04:39In the beginning, some saw Daesh as liberators,
00:04:42defenders of the Sunni minority who would rip off the Iranian-influenced government in Baghdad.
00:04:49But not all Sunni tribes would agree.
00:04:52Meet Sheikh Salih, my government minder.
00:04:58Or as he calls himself, the crocodile.
00:05:02My ticket into the hot zone is a warrior poet with a name ripped from a fantasy novel.
00:05:06We will sing the song.
00:05:08It's a beautiful song.
00:05:09Let's sing the song.
00:05:10To the Lord of the States, I'll be like.
00:05:13The father of the Chalak, my brethren is here.
00:05:15We will have to rule this country.
00:05:18And the Lord of the Holy Spirit, we will be able to live.
00:05:20We will be a good song.
00:05:21What do we want to live?
00:05:22For the plague of the world?
00:05:24We will be able to live.
00:05:25We will be able to live.
00:05:26We will be able to live.
00:05:27And we will be able to live.
00:05:28We will be able to live.
00:05:28I have to read about this story.
00:05:32They took it to the top of the world.
00:05:35It was called Shia and Jaysi, Kaisi.
00:05:40The Shiajian told them that they had to destroy them.
00:05:46They said that they were killing them.
00:05:48He said that they were a slave, but they were from God.
00:05:51This was a refuge.
00:05:53They were the two people in the United States.
00:05:58I'm sorry.
00:06:28We will go to Mursa again.
00:06:34Then we will go to Mursa?
00:06:39Then we will go to Mursa, to the car.
00:06:58This is a good night to go.
00:07:03What did it mean?
00:07:06What's the color?
00:07:08Is there a color of the oil?
00:07:11Yes.
00:07:13It was so old.
00:07:15But it was so green.
00:07:17And it was so good.
00:07:20Now we've got you a color of the oil from the oil.
00:07:23Wow.
00:07:25Are you always doing all day?
00:07:26What are you doing?
00:07:27Every day.
00:07:28Yes, I'm sure.
00:07:29And you're going to return?
00:07:30Yes, I'm going to return.
00:07:32Tell us what happened.
00:07:35This is the first time we lived in the village.
00:07:38We found 38 per meter.
00:07:42We found them.
00:07:44We found them.
00:07:45We found them.
00:07:46We found them.
00:07:48We found them.
00:07:50We found them.
00:07:52We found them.
00:07:54They killed people.
00:07:56They didn't have to run away from the world.
00:07:58We found them.
00:08:10We found them.
00:08:12We found them.
00:08:16The reason we looked after us is over at the earliest moment,
00:08:22I'm taking to meet a fighter who embodies this war of contrasting narratives and contradictions.
00:08:35A female commander in an army of men, a Sunni serving in a Shia militia called Al-Hajd Al-Shaabi.
00:08:52and I'm getting into a
00:09:00I'm getting a
00:09:02I'm getting more
00:09:03I'm getting more
00:09:06I'm getting more
00:09:08that I'm getting more
00:09:14but my
00:09:17The third thing was that they were forced from their families
00:09:21because they were all in the region.
00:09:23This is the most important thing.
00:09:29When I was married to my husband,
00:09:32it was about 7 months ago,
00:09:34I was forced to cook,
00:09:35because I didn't cook for my food.
00:09:37But I'm going to cook for you.
00:09:41I have a family, a family of my parents and my children.
00:09:45And the other family is the power of my family.
00:09:48They're sick of them.
00:09:51I will give them a gift for me for them.
00:09:54I will give them a gift for me every time.
00:09:56I will give them a gift for them,
00:09:58and then I'll give them a gift for them.
00:10:03The many things that they use,
00:10:06they can make the food for hair.
00:10:09And this is not a good thing.
00:10:12I mean, I am a human being
00:10:14I am confronted by two different narratives.
00:10:37In one, Om Hanadi is a matriarch,
00:10:41cooking chickens too for her soldiers.
00:10:44In the other, she is boiling the heads of Daesh fighters.
00:11:44But I didn't get along, if I was a nice love.
00:11:48I said, when I was talking to you,
00:11:50and I was right, and I was in the middle of my life.
00:11:54And I was in the middle of my life.
00:11:57I said, where is this?
00:11:59But I had the relationship with what I loved.
00:12:02At the same time, I was in the middle of my life.
00:12:08I was waiting for someone to fall into the rape.
00:12:11I got a man from my family.
00:12:13I put my phone and my phone and my phone and I went to this 4K and I got it.
00:12:19I didn't care about that.
00:12:21It was for God and the aircraft and my husband was with me.
00:12:27And you're sitting on a bed.
00:12:29The rest of the rest of it was all gone.
00:12:31And I got out of the bed, and I got out of the bed, 4Ks from the Old Testament.
00:12:37They were just a witness.
00:12:39I said, if you want to go, you'll find her.
00:12:41I said, I'll find her all kinds of things.
00:12:43I said, I'm not going to find her.
00:12:45I mean, the mother who gave me a friend of mine,
00:12:47God, I don't care.
00:12:48So I stopped and I went from the middle of the building.
00:12:50I left it in the middle of the building.
00:12:52When I went to the building,
00:12:53I went to the building,
00:12:54and I didn't go to the building,
00:12:55it was about 50 meters,
00:12:56and I went to the building.
00:13:00I kept my life all over the place,
00:13:02and my children in the fight,
00:13:04and the family that I grew up with,
00:13:07I had a life in the building.
00:13:09But as a friend,
00:13:10I loved you and I loved you,
00:13:12and I loved you as a home.
00:13:14I wasn't going to.
00:13:18I had a good job in my life.
00:13:21After that,
00:13:23I felt like a little child,
00:13:25I don't know how to survive.
00:13:29I mean,
00:13:32I love my father,
00:13:33who does not care about that world,
00:13:35I love this little girl, who is Mohamed Hanadi Zumbul.
00:13:49I love Iraq.
00:13:52Without a doubt, it won't happen.
00:13:55There's nothing to happen without a doubt.
00:13:58Mohamed Hanadi puts me face to face with the first Daesh fighters I've encountered.
00:14:06These prisoners appear scared and uncertain.
00:14:10Not at all how I expected.
00:14:12We have a leader from the Hwyja.
00:14:17He was one of the most powerful soldiers who killed him.
00:14:22He was killed in the U.S.
00:14:24And his mother, Abou Hamra, the famous Abou Hamra,
00:14:28from the most powerful soldiers,
00:14:29the leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:31The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:33The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:35The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:36The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:40The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:41The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:42The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:43The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:44The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:45The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:46The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:47The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:48The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:49The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:50The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:51The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:52The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:53The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:54The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:55The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:56The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:57The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:58The leader of the Hwyja.
00:14:59The leader of the Hwyja.
00:15:00The leader of the Hwyja.
00:15:01Everyone will get what they deserve.
00:15:17She finds comfort in that.
00:15:20I think it begs the question.
00:15:24Is this what Iraqis deserve?
00:15:31No, you're okay.
00:15:34You're not us!
00:15:36You know you were talking about me...
00:15:39You know you're coming in there.
00:15:42But you're the serving of your three many Iranian hero.
00:15:45The EXIs show that bite in you is a commander in وسط
00:15:50that's based on federal sanctions, court and mandate powerless,
00:15:57evil crimes.
00:15:58The people who took it and took it and took it and took it to the religion of Egypt.
00:16:02They returned to Egypt and took it to the place of Egypt.
00:16:07The Iraqi community has been destroyed.
00:16:09It's always a dream.
00:16:10I remember my life, it's 11 years old.
00:16:12It's amazing.
00:16:13I don't know what is the year, what is the year, what is the year, what is the year, what is the year, what is the year, what is the year?
00:16:20I don't know this.
00:16:21I'm a year old and a year old.
00:16:24They tried to get rid of the country.
00:16:28I think the military is the worst weapon that is the chemical and the chemical.
00:16:38Om Hanadi is a passionate contradiction who inspires admiration and uncertainty.
00:16:46I fear her narrative is of very little help as she has gone beyond the point of no return.
00:16:53The protagonist in an epic tragedy all her own.
00:16:57One member of the Alliance stands out for their fervor and exuberance.
00:17:03The Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
00:17:09One member of the Alliance stands out for their fervor and exuberance.
00:17:12The Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
00:17:18In some ways, the PMF is the Wild Card in this conflict.
00:17:25On paper, they answer to the Iraqi government.
00:17:28In reality, Ahran calls the shots and provides their training and weapons.
00:17:32Without them, Iraq would not have the manpower to take Mosul back from Daesh.
00:17:39I accept an invitation to meet with their spokesman, Ahmed Al-Saadi, who is also a member of the Iraqi parliament.
00:17:51We agreed to work in the Muslim community.
00:18:04...
00:18:10...
00:18:14...
00:18:18...
00:18:21...
00:18:24...
00:18:26...
00:18:33Introduction to the region is that we enter the region
00:18:37Which is the shi'i, the sunni, the Gurdi, the Sikh and the Sikh and the Sikh
00:18:40and the Sikh and the Sikh and the Sikh
00:18:41And it is a clear foundation for the region
00:18:43It is a
00:18:48Because we are working with all the components of our actions
00:18:51We are no longer than the distance
00:18:54We are no longer than the distance and the distance of the city
00:18:58One of the important aspects of our lives is
00:19:03It is to protect the civil rights and to protect all these issues and to avoid the issues of the air
00:19:08because the air and the air will certainly be able to protect many of these things and will be able to stop the pressure in this area
00:19:15If any place you enter into it, it will certainly be able to protect the enemy
00:19:19and to those who have a clear and clear or not to protect the Iraqis
00:19:23will be able to protect these huge forces
00:19:25which became a real and real and social and international
00:19:33Revenge, such a reliable motivator for mankind, yet it would seem that Umm Hanadi and Al Saadi are not on the same page when it comes to this issue.
00:19:46Can I blame her though? What an unusual alliance has assembled in the face of Daesh.
00:19:54I am impressed with Al Saadi's candor. He readily admits that in the Sunni majority region of Mosul, his Shiite militia is feared almost as much as Daesh.
00:20:13So how can trust be established between such uneasy allies?
00:20:24What?
00:20:42Sheikh Salih leaves me with Captain Alaa.
00:20:46A family man and lawyer who joined the military to help take back his country.
00:20:54His team radiates confidence and professionalism.
00:21:04A fact that gives me some courage for the mission ahead.
00:21:10His team radiates confidence and professionalism, a fact that gives me some courage for the
00:21:22mission ahead.
00:21:27For Captain Ala, this turbulent period in Iraq's history is as much an opportunity
00:21:36for the country's growth and self-discovery, as it is a fight for its survival.
00:22:06I forget about my own fear as I see the business-like way these men prepare for battle.
00:22:13Like co-workers heading to the office.
00:22:32As men prepare for battle, like co-workers heading to the office.
00:22:39There is no obstacle today to overcome our combat.
00:22:48It's about 500 meters.
00:22:51The area is a dangerous area.
00:22:54The area is only in the area.
00:22:58The area is only in the area.
00:23:00The rest of the area is in the area.
00:23:02According to the information that we have,
00:23:05we are in the area.
00:23:07We are in the area.
00:23:09We are in the area.
00:23:11We are in the area.
00:23:13We are in the area.
00:23:16We are in the area.
00:23:18I want to set you in the area
00:23:20and see you from good too.
00:23:22It was difficult to enter.
00:23:26We are looking to focus on you.
00:23:30We will have theила to enter in.
00:23:33Thanks, Doctor.
00:23:35I look at the area.
00:23:37You're going back to me.
00:23:39You are going back to me.
00:23:46I'm a gunman.
00:23:50It's right.
00:23:51You are in the cellar.
00:23:53You're in the cellar.
00:23:55Make sure you cover.
00:23:56Please.
00:23:58I'm trying to let you get you into the cellar.
00:24:06You've messed up.
00:24:08You've messed up.
00:24:09You've messed up.
00:24:10Yama.
00:24:12I'm messed up.
00:24:16House by house, each block must be cleared and secured.
00:24:46I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:25:15If we move forward, this is the sniper back.
00:25:44This car can be cleared.
00:25:51I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:26:01As we draw closer, Captain Ala identifies Daesh's presence by the intricate network of tunnels they have built through the neighborhood.
00:26:31Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, the Iraqi army is adapting off-the-shelf technology to wage war from above.
00:26:49Consumer drones have been field improvised to drop modified grenades.
00:27:01The main view is the location of the mall and the mall is located at the federal mall.
00:27:08The main view is the location of the mall.
00:27:13The main view is the location of the mall.
00:27:17CONSULTURES
00:27:47I'm scared, I'm scared, I'm scared.
00:27:49I'm scared, I'm scared.
00:28:01The team turns their focus to identifying explosives and booby traps.
00:28:17What do you want to do?
00:28:19Let's go a little bit.
00:28:20Let's go to the house.
00:28:21I'm sorry.
00:28:22I'm sorry.
00:28:23But it doesn't help me.
00:28:24We have to get out of here.
00:28:25Let's see him.
00:28:26Let's check him.
00:28:27Let's check him.
00:28:28Let's check him.
00:28:29Let's check him.
00:28:30Let's go.
00:28:47The shots fade into the distance as another team calls in artillery fire.
00:28:54Fire.
00:29:24Fire.
00:29:25Fire.
00:29:26Fire.
00:29:27Fire.
00:29:28Fire!
00:29:29Fire.
00:29:30Fire!
00:29:31Fire!
00:29:32Fire!
00:29:33Fire!
00:29:34Fire!
00:29:39Fire!
00:29:40Father.
00:29:41God bless you.
00:29:42God bless you.
00:29:45We killed people.
00:29:46I'm not gonna get back.
00:29:48Who is this?
00:29:52Another day, another neighborhood, freed from the clutches of Daesh.
00:30:22One of the places like that in the west, here and over the coast of Daesh.
00:30:47Yes, sir.
00:30:48Yes, sir.
00:30:49God bless you.
00:30:50Go ahead.
00:30:51We have a goal in the beginning to be able to get the human body ahead.
00:30:55Not to be able to get the human body.
00:30:57It's not to be able to get the human body.
00:31:00But I have a goal to get the human body.
00:31:02I can get the old city to get the human body.
00:31:05But I'm not sure how to get the human body and the human body.
00:31:10Why?
00:31:18On the road back to base,
00:31:21I'm curious about what these children experienced.
00:31:26People killed me.
00:31:28They wanted to kill me.
00:31:30And my father left me.
00:31:33Why did they kill me?
00:31:34They killed me.
00:31:36They killed me.
00:31:38They killed me.
00:31:40They killed me.
00:31:41Did they kill me?
00:31:42Yes, they killed me.
00:31:44No, they killed me.
00:31:45They killed me.
00:31:46They killed me.
00:31:47They killed me.
00:31:48They killed me.
00:31:49They killed me.
00:31:50They killed me.
00:31:51They killed me.
00:31:52They killed me.
00:31:53They killed me.
00:31:54They killed them.
00:31:55Is there what you wear to do with them?
00:31:57Yes, you are.
00:31:58Yes, sir.
00:31:59You have a teacher?
00:32:02No.
00:32:03Why?
00:32:04No, I am.
00:32:05Suddenly I was going to be able to take the next class.
00:32:09I can't fight.
00:32:12I have a friend who is playing.
00:32:14I have a friend who is playing.
00:32:16I have a friend named Abul Sabah.
00:32:18He's the greatest friend.
00:32:19Is there?
00:32:20Yes, there is.
00:32:21I have a friend who is here.
00:32:23I have a friend who is here for me.
00:32:25I can't fight him.
00:32:27Are you in the desert?
00:32:28Yes, in the desert.
00:32:29Did you have your friend?
00:32:30Yes.
00:32:31I have a friend who is there.
00:32:33I don't have anything.
00:32:35People are here.
00:32:37Are you good now?
00:32:38Even in the morning, we were waiting for the army.
00:32:48We were eating the water,
00:32:50and we were eating the water.
00:32:54We were eating the water.
00:32:56We were eating the water.
00:32:58We were eating the ground.
00:33:01And we were eating the water.
00:33:03Yes.
00:33:05Tell them you don't know anything.
00:33:08They can't afford anything.
00:33:11They can't afford anything.
00:33:14They can't afford anything, but they don't want to be able to afford it.
00:33:17We've got some math.
00:33:19I'm sorry.
00:33:21What's wrong?
00:33:23No one will talk about anything.
00:33:25What is it?
00:33:26No one will talk about anything.
00:33:28No one will talk about anything.
00:33:30The whole house of the church said,
00:33:32they are going to be three people.
00:33:34They are going to be in the house?
00:33:36Yes, they are.
00:33:38They are going to be in the house,
00:33:40and they are going to be scared
00:33:42and they are going to come to you
00:33:44and if you go to the house,
00:33:46they are going to be in the house.
00:33:48Are there people not?
00:33:50They are not allowed to be friends.
00:34:00The violence takes a heavy emotional toll on the psyche.
00:34:05But perhaps there is some hope in the resilience of humanity.
00:34:10From a shell-shocked sniper named Khadouri,
00:34:13I learned about the healing power of service animals
00:34:16to heal the psychological wounds of war.
00:34:30I used a car to help me with a car.
00:34:35I was driving to a car,
00:34:37and I was walking to a car.
00:34:39I was using one or two.
00:34:40I used to lift the car to help me.
00:34:42I was a brother, Mr. Gaffer,
00:34:46I was on my own.
00:34:47I was a victim to suffer.
00:34:50My son was scared to get married.
00:34:56The day, I was in the middle of the day.
00:35:01So it made me feel like it was a bit different.
00:35:06I felt like I was in the middle of the day.
00:35:10I was feeling tired.
00:35:11I was feeling good.
00:35:12God, we'll have a great time.
00:35:14I'm not really happy.
00:35:15This road is not good for me.
00:35:18We came to the fast response.
00:35:23I don't know if you're going to die.
00:35:25If you're a martyr, you're going to leave it to you.
00:35:28I didn't have a day where I was going.
00:35:31I was going to talk to you.
00:35:32I lost my friends.
00:35:34I don't want to miss you.
00:35:36I love you.
00:35:37I don't want to miss you.
00:35:39I live in my life.
00:35:41I live in my life.
00:35:42I live in my life.
00:35:44I don't want to miss you.
00:35:53I live in my life.
00:36:12The battle to reclaim Mosul from Daesh is far from one.
00:36:16But for this recently liberated village, life is already returning to the streets.
00:36:21Peace out.
00:36:23Not only the city, but the city.
00:36:27I'm happy to be here.
00:36:28Thank you so much.
00:36:30I'm not a good person.
00:36:31There's no fear of you.
00:36:32No, no, no.
00:36:33No, no, no.
00:36:35The government is in the state of the United States.
00:36:37The government is in the state of the United States.
00:36:40In general, the government is in the state of the United States.
00:36:42There are people here who, for example, have a daughter of Daesh.
00:36:46He's not in the state of the United States.
00:36:48He is in the state of the United States.
00:36:50The father is going to get rid of his father, and he doesn't put his father on his father, or his son on his father.
00:36:55It's a lot to give him an example to give him a name.
00:36:58He's living here.
00:36:59He's a father of Daesh. He's living. He's living. He's a normal citizen.
00:37:02He doesn't want anyone to get rid of him, or he doesn't want anyone to get rid of him.
00:37:04Yes.
00:37:15God bless you.
00:37:16No, he doesn't.
00:37:17No, he doesn't.
00:37:18He doesn't.
00:37:19No, he doesn't.
00:37:20No, he doesn't.
00:37:21No, he doesn't.
00:37:43After a hard-fought day, Captain Alaa's men demonstrate the camaraderie
00:37:48of a tight-knit military unit.
00:37:59But even as they sit around the campfire as one family, the demons of war still shadow their thoughts.
00:38:07and that's exactly what they have to do.
00:38:08They're hurting themselves.
00:38:09They don't really want to see them.
00:38:13I see the man and she had to fight.
00:38:14They say to me, if they are not fighting, they're fighting for me.
00:38:16They say to them, they will be the man who attacked him.
00:38:17There was a war between them.
00:38:19They told me the security forces.
00:38:21They said to me,
00:38:23they said to me,
00:38:25they said to me,
00:38:27they said to me,
00:38:29they said to me,
00:38:31they said to me,
00:38:33I decided to
00:38:35destroy the security forces.
00:38:37I went to the security forces
00:38:39and I saw my wife and my wife
00:38:41two children and two children.
00:38:43I mean,
00:38:45they said to me,
00:38:47there was a difference between them.
00:38:49They started to eradicate my marriage.
00:38:51They saw them that they got attacked
00:38:53with the dons and the one who dropped.
00:38:55They got his killed.
00:38:57We got tired.
00:38:59Not my father,
00:39:01they went back to the village.
00:39:03After we killed him,
00:39:05he was killed.
00:39:07They couldn't stop them.
00:39:09They were afraid that they hit.
00:39:11They tried to absolve.
00:39:13And tried to offer them nice
00:39:17They ripped them back in wonder
00:39:20They let them stand inside and they just took them out
00:39:22And they would destroy them
00:39:24They would also kill the baby
00:39:25For the other one
00:39:26The baby, the baby
00:39:28As the baby
00:39:29How did he come back
00:39:30And they refused to get them
00:39:31And there were two children
00:39:33They would also, they would have to wait for their kids
00:39:35And they would have to break
00:39:36And they would have to act
00:39:38They would have to fight
00:39:39So they would have to be new
00:39:40They would have to die
00:39:42Oh, God bless you.
00:40:12Another day dawns on the road to Mosul.
00:40:21Reports from the front lines are that progress is slow.
00:40:25There is no tolerance for civilian casualties.
00:40:29Not when the fragile coalition hangs in the balance.
00:40:33The soldiers who have been in the trenches the longest against Daesh have been the Kurdish Sheshmerga,
00:40:38which means those who face death.
00:40:42The commander is Arif Tayfour, a former deputy speaker of the Iraqi parliament.
00:41:12The conspirators are the ones who are very famous and the other ones are the ones who live in the high school.
00:41:18This is a long-term conflict between Mosul and Mosul.
00:41:23These are the two main relationships with Mosul.
00:41:24which were the first interests of Mosul in Mosul.
00:41:25The operations of Mosul also have sites that work for other people.
00:41:27There were many of us.
00:41:30And our relationship with the Sunna were different.
00:41:33And if they were to give us a lot of attention from the Sunna,
00:41:38they would have taken us from the Sunna.
00:41:40They would have taken us from the Sunna and they would have taken us from the Sunna.
00:41:44And so, when we were doing it, we would have taken us from the Sunna.
00:41:47So we managed to move on to the other areas,
00:41:50and we managed to move on to Daesh.
00:41:53Despite his friendly presentation, I'm beginning to sense further cracks in the coalition.
00:42:11The Sheikh senses my skepticism and confronts it head on.
00:42:16The
00:42:18They dream that it's going to be a country, they dream that this country is a country,
00:42:24my dear, this is a country, this is a country, and this is a borderline,
00:42:33because Turkey has a country, Syria has a country, Iran has a country.
00:42:39He used to work for the Iraqis
00:42:43And he used to work for the Iraqis
00:42:45And this didn't happen
00:42:47This was the Iraqis
00:42:49The Iraqis
00:42:52The Tatar Al-Ithmanian country
00:42:55They used to work for the Iraqis
00:42:59This was the far end
00:43:01And the far end of the war
00:43:03And the other
00:43:05They are looking for the U.S.
00:43:10They are the Turkish territory
00:43:12and the Russians have been in the early years
00:43:15and they are far from the U.S.
00:43:18and the U.S.
00:43:19and the U.S.
00:43:21and the U.S.
00:43:22and the U.S.
00:43:24and the U.S.
00:43:26and the U.S.
00:43:29and the U.S.
00:43:31and the U.S.
00:43:32and the U.S.
00:43:34and the U.S.
00:43:53And the U.S.
00:43:58and the U.S.
00:44:01and the U.S.
00:44:03But Iran, what is the impression of Iran's
00:44:12on the right hand?
00:44:13There's no impression of it.
00:44:15I mean, I'm paying 8 years.
00:44:18The year is paying 8 years.
00:44:20And the regime is paying 8 years.
00:44:22And some people are standing there and they're sitting there.
00:44:26They're in a village of the army,
00:44:28they're standing there and they're talking to him.
00:44:30They're talking to Iran and they're talking to Iran.
00:44:31What was the result of the army?
00:44:35We have been developing them in the village,
00:44:39and people were just at home in the village.
00:44:44Our friends were killed,
00:44:47they were a lot of friends,
00:44:50we were a lot of friends,
00:44:52we would have to fight this lifestyle,
00:44:54we would have to fight every step.
00:44:56It was like the village of village and his village of village.
00:44:59These people were buried, and they were not buried.
00:45:03These people were buried.
00:45:08Like the other government talking heads,
00:45:10he assures me that the liberation of Mosul
00:45:13would bring forth a historic alliance
00:45:15of the perpetually feuding peoples of Iraq,
00:45:18all coming together to fight Daesh.
00:45:22It is clear what side the Sheikh is on.
00:45:25His strong opinions seemed to contradict the supposed unity of the coalition.
00:45:32The fall of Mosul to Daesh was a nightmare,
00:45:35a black dream descending upon Iraq.
00:45:40Their military victory was astonishing,
00:45:42but the political context was almost impossible to comprehend.
00:45:47Daesh promised the people of Mosul more jobs,
00:45:50bitter public services,
00:45:53and their version of Islamic justice.
00:45:58At the great mosque of Al-Nuri,
00:46:00Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ascended the minaret in triumph.
00:46:04He told his followers that the Khalifat had arrived in Mosul.
00:46:08I arrived at the Christian town,
00:46:22where fires are still burning.
00:46:24I was with the Christian town of Mosul,
00:46:27in the Holyen,
00:46:29in the Holyen,
00:46:30in the Holyen,
00:46:31the Holyen.
00:46:34We see the Russe of the Holyen,
00:46:36in the Holyen,
00:46:37the Holyen.
00:46:39That is the Holyen.
00:46:41For the Holyen and the Holyen,
00:46:42the Holyen,
00:46:43the Holyen,
00:46:45of the Holyen,
00:46:46And I will also be in charge of the wrath of you of the Fulbright.
00:47:01I will give to you the blessing of the Fulbright and the Fulbright.
00:47:12I love you.
00:47:42Captain Potrus is a Christian militia officer who guides us through what's left of his once cherished place of worship.
00:48:12I saw the bridge that we used to do in the desert.
00:48:22The bridge is 10 or 11 meters.
00:48:26Did you sleep with this bridge?
00:48:28Yes, they were sleeping with this bridge.
00:48:30Thank you for the power of our soldiers and the soldiers.
00:48:34I think this is the name of the desert.
00:48:38Seeing their faith should have renewed my own, but it did the opposite.
00:49:04How is forgiveness so easy? It's hard to believe the attacks on these victims are not personal.
00:49:12And what of those who cannot return home?
00:49:23Along the river bank, a familiar sight.
00:49:27Crowds of refugees waving white flags, waiting to be rescued.
00:49:35Among them could be Daesh spies and saboteurs.
00:49:39Colonel Nidal, head of refugee operations, explains the danger that hides in plain sight.
00:49:46He says to them to the police, they wish to get rid of the police.
00:49:51They will be exposed to the police, and the other people will be exposed to the police.
00:49:55Or, if the police will not have done the police, they will not have done it.
00:49:59The police will not have done it before.
00:50:00If there is a police officer, they will be exposed to it.
00:50:03Thank you very much.
00:50:33and we'll bring them home.
00:51:03Crossing the river is only the first step to salvation.
00:51:28Daesh agents are often hidden among refugees.
00:51:33But still, there is relief on the faces of some.
00:52:03Are you with us?
00:52:05Yes, there is a number of 51.
00:52:07We have a number of 10 in the region.
00:52:10Do you have any information about these differences between these forces,
00:52:15between the troops, between the troops, between the troops,
00:52:17between the troops, between the troops?
00:52:18No, there is no one.
00:52:19There are no two, there are no two.
00:52:21There are no two, there are no two.
00:52:23The troops, the Iraqis, the Iraqis, the Iraqis,
00:52:26the Iraqis, the Iraqis,
00:52:27who are saying they are not living in a safe place.
00:52:30We are entering the Chiregaz, our troops and our soldiers and our intrigues.
00:52:39What about wars from the Umer Mahal Shahidat in Iran?'
00:52:52Mount Brennaan.
00:52:53This is what they say to the modern peace management.
00:52:58Isis
00:52:59No
00:52:59No
00:52:59No
00:53:00No
00:53:01No
00:53:02No
00:53:03No
00:53:05Some
00:53:08No
00:53:16No
00:53:19No
00:53:19No
00:53:25No
00:53:26No
00:53:27No
00:53:28Do you think the enemy is the only one?
00:53:31The enemy is the only one.
00:53:33The enemy is the only one.
00:53:58Do you see any consequences for the enemy of Naiz?
00:54:16The enemy is the only one.
00:54:19The enemy is the only one.
00:54:21The enemy is the only one.
00:54:26They only let them buy the materials.
00:54:35How do you make them?
00:54:37What are the lines of the people who are working here?
00:54:39They don't speak. They are using Daesh.
00:54:42What do they do from the people who are working here?
00:54:44What does the people do?
00:54:46They are from the people.
00:54:48They are from the people who are suffering from their problems.
00:54:51They are from all the other things.
00:54:52They are from the people.
00:54:54Like that.
00:54:55They came without a law or a law.
00:54:57They came from a lot of people and talked to them
00:55:00about the people who were in the region
00:55:03and how they were in the region.
00:55:06I mean, this is the region.
00:55:17Around the camp,
00:55:19I encounter scores of women and children.
00:55:21But where are the men?
00:55:25All males of fighting age are detained
00:55:28for questioning by the Iraqi security services
00:55:31to root out any Daesh agents hidden amongst them.
00:55:51I listen to the stories of countless civilians,
00:55:56like Abdullah and his father.
00:55:58I'm curious about the lives they led under Daesh rule.
00:56:03I'm curious about the lives they led under Daesh rule.
00:56:10For me, as a teacher,
00:56:12and for me, as a political role,
00:56:15I was also surprised.
00:56:16I mean,
00:56:18I was convinced that I was killed
00:56:21at any time.
00:56:22I didn't sleep at home.
00:56:25From Daesh?
00:56:26From Daesh.
00:56:27I was killed by Daesh.
00:56:28With Daesh den R
00:56:47They were living, living, living, and eating
00:56:51because the media was abandoned.
00:56:54I tried to go through some of the times
00:56:57that the ISIS had taken from them
00:57:03and taken from them a human body
00:57:06and began to take the fire to make them
00:57:10to return to them
00:57:12because they killed
00:57:15or the men and the children
00:57:19outside to search for the language
00:57:21and to help people
00:57:23and the eye of the people
00:57:24and the knowledge
00:57:25that the security of the people
00:57:28are the one who came to them.
00:57:30What did they do here, Daesh?
00:57:33A leader?
00:57:34Yes, a leader.
00:57:35They're fighting against us
00:57:37and they're fighting against us
00:57:40and they're fighting against us.
00:57:43Don't you have to do it like this?
00:57:45It's easy to do.
00:57:46Yes, it's easy.
00:57:48If you're failing, you're failing your money and you're failing.
00:57:51How are you going to play with it?
00:57:52How are you going to play with it?
00:57:54Before that, I'm in a gym.
00:57:58I'm going to find you, and you're not in a gym and you're killing me.
00:58:03May God bless you, Dr. Abdullah, and the Lord of God,
00:58:06for you all in a few years, in a few years.
00:58:08May God bless you.
00:58:10their story was heartbreaking but was it true i have begun to doubt my instincts in a world where
00:58:28nothing is as it seems there wasn't much time to ponder the question as abdullah and his son
00:58:35were heading south to relative safety we are headed north always north
00:58:51as we draw closer to the beast i prepare for my interview with the high value target nasir
00:58:57from what little i know about him he is said to understand and embrace the violent ideology
00:59:08on a visceral level nevertheless i wasn't afraid suspecting i'd find a lost and betrayed man
00:59:18whose beliefs were already crumbling in confinement
00:59:22so
00:59:32so
00:59:33so
00:59:34so
00:59:35so
00:59:36so
00:59:37so
00:59:39so
00:59:45What is the position of the job?
00:59:49What is the task for you?
00:59:53As a system, the young people stand for the need for the ignorance
01:00:00The ignorance is a number of things
01:00:05or he has a goal of gender or gender or thinking or human.
01:00:11He has a goal of living in the reality of the world.
01:00:14If you were a citizen of the country,
01:00:17are you a positive perspective,
01:00:20would you be able to be able to get a better perspective?
01:00:23In essence, the Islamic system is very strong
01:00:27on the ancient history.
01:00:30The fact of the world is about the rights of the country.
01:00:34The social justice means that every person has the right to live in life
01:00:41If there is an Islamic regime in this country, there was no one who was in prison
01:00:50There are many of them who don't have any of them
01:00:54The killing of the people, the militants, the militants
01:00:59This is the Islamic State
01:01:01What is the beginning?
01:01:03!
01:01:10!
01:01:15!
01:01:21!
01:01:28!
01:01:32!
01:01:33!
01:01:33!
01:01:33!
01:01:33So where are the conditions that you want to put together with people?
01:01:40Yes, there is a law that if the sarsak was given to them, he would take it.
01:01:44Is the person a better than Allah?
01:01:47If Allah will allow the sarsak, what do you do?
01:01:53A year or a year?
01:01:55What?
01:01:56What?
01:01:57What?
01:01:58What?
01:01:59What?
01:02:00What?
01:02:01What?
01:02:02What?
01:02:03What?
01:02:04What is it?
01:02:05Are you Iraqi?
01:02:06Osaka
01:02:07Do you feel Iraqi?
01:02:08Of course
01:02:09And the best is that the Islamic country is the first thing in Iraq
01:02:13And those who killed in Isbya are Iraqi?
01:02:18The ones who killed in Morsul
01:02:25If you feel Iraqi, you are Iraqi, Nasser
01:02:29I think you have or I think you can put the words on the word
01:02:34to the Islamic government.
01:02:38It is not the word.
01:02:41As a common word, it is not.
01:02:44The human is at risk.
01:02:47It is not.
01:02:50What will your future be?
01:02:54Nasser, Issa, is not a body and a body, but a body and a mind.
01:03:00If I died now, there are many of the children who are learning about my mind in this movement.
01:03:10I have been living for my future as an Islamic view.
01:03:19Now is not the time for philosophy.
01:03:23The final push into the heart of Mosul will commence tonight.
01:03:53What are you doing here?
01:03:55No, just take your computer.
01:03:57What are you doing here?
01:03:59What are you doing here?
01:04:01What are you doing here?
01:04:03What are you doing here?
01:04:04This place is one of the most important points to the enemy.
01:04:09This is the one of the most important points to the enemy.
01:04:11This is the one of the most important points to the enemy.
01:04:12The enemy and the enemy will come here.
01:04:14Yes.
01:04:15This is the one of the most important points to the enemy.
01:04:23The next day, we pushed to the city center with the Golden Division, Iraq's elite counterterrorism force.
01:04:47When the bullets started to fly, I was happy to be under their protection.
01:04:53The enemy is a cold front room, and it's a very heavy rain.
01:05:00On the other hand, the other side is open.
01:05:06Let's go!
01:05:08Next, we're bringing in the plane.
01:05:12When we got an exit, we made some noise in the Spitfire.
01:05:17Daesh barricades turn the way forward into a death trap.
01:05:35The team brings in heavy machinery to clear our path.
01:06:05.
01:06:35Downstairs, a casualty is brought inside.
01:07:05The Humvee arrives, but not fast enough.
01:07:35The Humvee arrives at the same time.
01:08:05It's about 13 hours, so we're not aware of it.
01:08:07Not just before, we leave it at the end to our table.
01:08:10We're alright here.
01:08:11We're waiting for it.
01:08:12Look at that.
01:08:13We don't leave it at the end of our table directly.
01:08:15We have an immediate vote, but we are not sure about that.
01:08:17You don't have to wait for it.
01:08:19What kind of thing?
01:08:20What's the name of our people?
01:08:22Let me go.
01:08:23Yeah, contact us at the end of the date of the show.
01:08:25We need to wake up with our people.
01:08:27We need to wake up with our people.
01:08:29We need to go.
01:08:30Oh, my God.
01:08:31We need to stop without having to take out our people.
01:08:35I'm gonna get close.
01:08:36It helps me to go there by the way.
01:08:38Keep it down, keep it down, keep it down, keep it down, keep it down, keep it down.
01:08:45Red
01:09:04Still in safe mode.
01:09:20For some, the war is over before they fire a single bullet.
01:09:27The Humvee is right outside, but we are pinned down.
01:09:34We're here.
01:09:37You're here.
01:09:39We're here.
01:09:41There are materials on the wall.
01:09:43We're all ready to go.
01:09:50The Tiarab is on.
01:09:52The Tiarab is on.
01:09:54Come on, come on.
01:09:57Come on!
01:10:00Come on.
01:10:01Come on.
01:10:02Let's go, let's go, let's go
01:10:32Intel indicates that Daesh fighters are using human shields.
01:10:58Ready for anything, the team pushes into the house.
01:11:02The leader is a leader in the south, with a choice in the world.
01:11:11The leader is in the south.
01:11:20The leader is the leader.
01:11:25The leader is the leader.
01:11:29Moments later, a Da'ish fighter is spotted from the window.
01:11:59There are two people who have to shoot.
01:12:04They're just one of them.
01:12:06They're two.
01:12:08They're going to put the house in the house.
01:12:11Did they kill you?
01:12:12They're going to kill you.
01:12:13No, no.
01:12:14He's not going to kill you.
01:12:16He's killed.
01:12:17He's killed, he's killed.
01:12:19He's killed.
01:12:21He's killed.
01:12:23How are you?
01:12:25The team follows a trail of blood, left by an injured Daesh fighter.
01:12:55The team follows a trail of blood, left by an injured Daesh fighter.
01:13:25The team follows a trail of tunnels to a ravaged home.
01:13:47As the soldiers push inside, we expect to find our wounded prey.
01:13:52The team follows a trail of blood, left by an injured Daesh fighter.
01:16:39In July 2017, the big guns of the Iraqi army fall silent.
01:16:45After 10 months of combat, the last Daesh stronghold in the old city of West Mosul is captured by Iraqi forces.
01:16:56But there are no cheering crowds to greet the liberators, only empty streets and utter devastation.
01:17:07The price of victory has been high, and the people of Iraq will be paying the price for generations to come.
01:17:16The human cost is still being calculated, as the suffering continues for wounded soldiers.
01:17:28Civilians caught in the crossfire, and displaced families whose homes have been ground into dust.
01:17:41And then there is the moral cost.
01:17:47Iraqis will need to reconcile the need for justice against the desire for vengeance.
01:17:53Reports emerge about horrific human rights abuses committed against suspected Daesh fighters.
01:18:06Many of the Donut.
01:18:08Mosul is an unhealed wound on the psyche of a nation.
01:18:14Many of Mosul's historic landmarks are gone forever, including the great mosque of al-Nuri.
01:18:22It had withstood the wrath of numerous invaders during its 850-year history, until Daesh
01:18:30leveled it in June 2017.
01:18:37This is all that remains of the iconic cleaning minaret.
01:18:47Iraqis are returning to the old city of Mosul to see what is left of their heritage.
01:18:54People like Captain Ala, who has come to the Mosul Historical Museum to observe the defensive
01:18:59fortifications that Daesh combat engineers have erected.
01:19:08They looted almost everything, destroyed or burned the rest of the museum's holdings.
01:19:18Little remains here, except glimpses of past greatness and the echoes of time.
01:19:24There is a saying that those who forget their history are condemned to repeat it.
01:19:34But what about those who destroy their own history?
01:19:40As I returned to Baghdad, it struck me that the real question for Iraq is not a question
01:19:45of a country, but of its people.
01:19:51As Nasser's comment continues to haunt me, I fear it will take more than razor wire and
01:20:14high prison walls to contain this ideology.
01:20:19Thinking back to those characters I've met along the way, the Crocodile, Umhanadi, Captain
01:20:26Ala, I wonder what life will be like for them if and when the peace takes hold.
01:20:34Will they be able to adapt to civilian roles in a unified country, or will they be caught
01:20:40up as the protagonists of the next chapter of this recurring tragedy?
01:20:46I hope they find some kind of peace.
01:20:52I hope I find it, too.
01:20:59it's a good story, but it's a good story.
01:21:07Hooray!
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