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Why retaking land isn't enough to vanquish IS

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Iraq this week started to move in on western Mosul. But just taking territory back from so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria will not be enough to vanquish it, says the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Jonathan Marcus. Photo: Smoke rises from western Mosul as Iraqi military forces start their effort to retake it. Credit: EPA

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