Only days after Mosul fell, Iraqis start returning

By Diaa Hadid

Published June 15, 2014 6:52am ET

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Only days after Mosul fell, Iraqis start returning — KALAK, Iraq (AP) — Days after Iraq’s second-largest city fell to al-Qaida-inspired fighters, some Iraqis are already returning to Mosul, lured back by insurgents offering cheap gas and food, restoring power and water and removing traffic barricades. Many people appear excited to return, taking sectarian pride in the extremist Sunni group, the Islamic State of […]

KALAK, Iraq (AP) — Days after Iraq’s second-largest city fell to al-Qaida-inspired fighters, some Iraqis are already returning to Mosul, lured back by insurgents offering cheap gas and food, restoring power and water and removing traffic barricades.

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