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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during his visit to the Nineveh province.
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during his visit to the Nineveh province.
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during his visit to the Nineveh province.
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during his visit to the Nineveh province.
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Prime MInister Mustafa Al Kadhimi arrives in Mosul. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi in Mosul last month. The PM's Media Office
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi arrives in Mosul. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Al Nuri Mosque, destroyed by ISIS and being rebuilt with assistance from the UAE. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Al Nuri Mosque, destroyed by ISIS and being rebuilt with assistance from the UAE. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Al Nuri Mosque, destroyed by ISIS and being rebuilt with assistance from the UAE. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Al Nuri Mosque, destroyed by ISIS and being rebuilt with assistance from the UAE. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul six years after ISIS captured the city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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PM Mustafa Al Kadhimi and Lieutenant General Abdul Wahab Al Saadi, the head of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service, meet with Najim Jubouri, Governor of Mosul. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi meets military and security heads after arriving in Mosul six years after ISIS captured the city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi meets military and security heads after arriving in Mosul six years after ISIS captured the city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi meets military and security heads after arriving in Mosul six years after ISIS captured the city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi walks beside Najm Al Jabouri, the city's governor and the general who led the battle against ISIS in 2017. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during his visit to the Nineveh province.
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during his visit to the Nineveh province.
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during his visit to the Nineveh province.
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi during his visit to the Nineveh province.
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Prime MInister Mustafa Al Kadhimi arrives in Mosul. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi in Mosul last month. The PM's Media Office
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi arrives in Mosul. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Al Nuri Mosque, destroyed by ISIS and being rebuilt with assistance from the UAE. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Al Nuri Mosque, destroyed by ISIS and being rebuilt with assistance from the UAE. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Al Nuri Mosque, destroyed by ISIS and being rebuilt with assistance from the UAE. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Al Nuri Mosque, destroyed by ISIS and being rebuilt with assistance from the UAE. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul six years after ISIS captured the city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi tours Mosul Museum during a visit to the city six years after ISIS captured it. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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PM Mustafa Al Kadhimi and Lieutenant General Abdul Wahab Al Saadi, the head of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service, meet with Najim Jubouri, Governor of Mosul. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi meets military and security heads after arriving in Mosul six years after ISIS captured the city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi meets military and security heads after arriving in Mosul six years after ISIS captured the city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi meets military and security heads after arriving in Mosul six years after ISIS captured the city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi walks beside Najm Al Jabouri, the city's governor and the general who led the battle against ISIS in 2017. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
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Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi officially opens the Al Hurriya or Freedom Bridge crossing the Tigris river to Mosul's old city. Iraqi PM Media Office HO
For Mustafa Al Kadhimi's Iraq, history may well be rhyming
Sovereignty is just as elusive today as it was for my grandfather's generation, but the past can offer some useful lessons
17 June, 2020
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