Iraq's Mosul residents feel relief, anxiety as 'liberation' nears

[Xithras]

1. Are they really relieved?

Anyone interested in the fall of Mosul (or the failures of the Iraq war and the rise of ISIS in general) should watch the documentary, The Fall of Mosul. It's 90 minutes long, but it clearly lays out how a few hundred jihadi's managed to take over a town of more than 2.5 million people (spoiler alert: The population preferred ISIS to the corrupt and abusive Iraqi government). It's very well produced, is generally politically neutral (it points out major policy failures of both administrations), and covers a lot of events that are relatively unknown in the west.