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Five years and billions of dollars needed to rebuild Mosul: officials
Published Wed, May 3, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Mosul, Iraq
MOSUL'S wrecked roads, bridges and broader economy will take at least five years to repair and need billions of dollars of development that Iraq's government will struggle to afford, officials returning to the battle-scarred city said.
The airport, railway station and university were all destroyed in the long fight to dislodge Islamic State militants from their main Iraqi stronghold.
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