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Five Things to Know About the Retaking of Mosul: We Can't Stop Praying!When you see images of Mosul, it looks like the apocalypse has come. (Iraq)—[CBN News] Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared victory in Mosul on Monday when the Iraqi army took over the last few yards under the control of the Islamic State. The military campaign to retake Iraq's second largest city began in October and lasted longer than many analysts predicted. (Photo: Iraqi PM Media office via AP/via CBN News) ISIS fighters put up a ferocious campaign to defend the city, with suicide attacks, house-to-house fighting, snipers and using Mosul civilians as human shields. The aftermath of the battle leaves behind an enormous human and material toll. An estimated 900,000 fled the city; thousands perished and many who survived suffered trauma few can comprehend. But now that Mosul has been liberated, what do we need to know? Here are five things to remember. 1. RECONSTRUCTION WILL BE MASSIVE "Mosul is completely destroyed." That's the grim assessment of one Iraqi official. When you see images of Mosul, it looks like the apocalypse has come. One Kurdish friend of mine who has visited the city says it's a "second Aleppo." That's a reference to the Syrian city decimated by fighting between the Syrian army aided by Russian air attacks and the Islamist factions defending that city. Now Mosul—ancient Nineveh in the Bible—where two million once lived is a shell of its former glory. One estimate puts the price tag simply to restore the water and electric infrastructure at $1 billion. To restore the city, it will take billions more and years of work. 2. MANY CHRISTIANS ARE NOW WITHOUT A HOME Most left behind homes and livelihoods. Now many live in refugee camps but they lived with a hope of returning to their homes in Mosul. It remains to be seen if many of those homes are even habitable. CBN News has covered their plight in a number of stories. Please pray for these Believers as they face destroyed homes in Mosul and a bleak future. 3. ON TO RAAQA 4. THE CALIPHATE IS GONE; THE CALIPHATE IS COMING It's important to remember ISIS is a manifestation of an ideology that lives on to bring the world under the subjugation of Islam. This belief system, with roots in the Koran, fuels the fire not only in individuals or groups but nation states. For example, Iran's goal is to export its Shiite Islam so one day they will dominate the world. 5. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MOVING
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