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'Don't scream too much, try and keep the children calm'
Iraqi forces are "ahead of schedule", the Pentagon says, as they begin the second day of the battle to retake Mosul from so-called IS fighters.
Emma Sky is a former British diplomat in Iraq. She says the Iraqi Army has been airdropping information pamphlets to prepare the residents for what is happening.
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