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Iraq-Refugees/Baghdad/Mosul
Nebe Yunis Camp, Baghdad, Iraq - Oct 24, 2016
1. Various of refugee Abu Fawaz watching news on Mosul operation
2. Various of Abu Fawaz and his family
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Fawaz, migrant, Nebe Yunis Camp:
"It's very difficult. You spend your life building, season after season, brick by brick and you lose it all in a minute. That's difficult to put aside. You can build all that again. You can never replace losing your sons."
4. Various of refugee camp
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mustafa Hussein Zwyer, migrant, Nebe Yunis Camp:
"Somebody of them are afraid, yeah...of Daesh will stay or persons who helped them will stay there."
6. Boy in camp
7. Military officials
8. Children playing
9. Abu Fawaz
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Fawaz, migrant, Nebe Yunis Camp:
"If we go back we need power; weapons to protect ourselves and trucks for patrols. Our village is big. I will order fifteen or twenty of my neighbors to patrol day and night. Doing nothing is no good when we go back."
11. Various of camp, children playing
The offensive to oust Islamic State (IS) fighters from Mosul means huge uncertainty for its former residents who hope to return there one day, including refugees staying in a camp outside Baghdad.
The United Nations has estimated that more than 3 million people are internally displaced in Iraq.
Abu Fawaz is glued to the television set, watching the advance to retake Mosul day and night.
He fled Mosul with his grandchildren in 2014 after their fathers, and his two sons, were shot dead in the street outside the family home, merely for being Shiite Muslims.
"It's very difficult. You spend your life building, season after season, brick by brick and you lose it all in a minute. That's difficult to put aside. You can build all that again. You can never replace losing your sons," Fawaz said.
Most of the four thousand displaced Iraqis at Nebe Yunis Camp outside Baghdad are from Mosul. They fled when IS took over the city, most of whom anticipate returning home when the extremists are pushed out.
"Somebody of them are afraid, yeah...of Daesh will stay or persons who helped them will stay there," said Mustafa Hussein Zwyer.
It's not only Daesh - the Islamic State - they're afraid of. Al Qaeda was in Mosul before IS took over and sectarian infighting was prevalent.
The people here want to go back to Mosul but they don't expect the unrest to end. Ever. They say if it's not IS it will be another group that comes in, and so factional fighting will continue for generations to come.
"If we go back we need power; weapons to protect ourselves and trucks for patrols. Our village is big. I will order fifteen or twenty of my neighbors to patrol day and night. Doing nothing is no good when we go back," said Fawaz
A climate of violence expected, which makes many residents want to be armed and ready for a new reality.
Iraq-Refugees/Baghdad/Mosul
Dateline : Oct 24, 2016
Location : Baghdad,Iraq
Duration : 1'54
Nebe Yunis Camp, Baghdad, Iraq - Oct 24, 2016
1. Various of refugee Abu Fawaz watching news on Mosul operation
2. Various of Abu Fawaz and his family
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Fawaz, migrant, Nebe Yunis Camp:
"It's very difficult. You spend your life building, season after season, brick by brick and you lose it all in a minute. That's difficult to put aside. You can build all that again. You can never replace losing your sons."
4. Various of refugee camp
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mustafa Hussein Zwyer, migrant, Nebe Yunis Camp:
"Somebody of them are afraid, yeah...of Daesh will stay or persons who helped them will stay there."
6. Boy in camp
7. Military officials
8. Children playing
9. Abu Fawaz
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Fawaz, migrant, Nebe Yunis Camp:
"If we go back we need power; weapons to protect ourselves and trucks for patrols. Our village is big. I will order fifteen or twenty of my neighbors to patrol day and night. Doing nothing is no good when we go back."
11. Various of camp, children playing
The offensive to oust Islamic State (IS) fighters from Mosul means huge uncertainty for its former residents who hope to return there one day, including refugees staying in a camp outside Baghdad.
The United Nations has estimated that more than 3 million people are internally displaced in Iraq.
Abu Fawaz is glued to the television set, watching the advance to retake Mosul day and night.
He fled Mosul with his grandchildren in 2014 after their fathers, and his two sons, were shot dead in the street outside the family home, merely for being Shiite Muslims.
"It's very difficult. You spend your life building, season after season, brick by brick and you lose it all in a minute. That's difficult to put aside. You can build all that again. You can never replace losing your sons," Fawaz said.
Most of the four thousand displaced Iraqis at Nebe Yunis Camp outside Baghdad are from Mosul. They fled when IS took over the city, most of whom anticipate returning home when the extremists are pushed out.
"Somebody of them are afraid, yeah...of Daesh will stay or persons who helped them will stay there," said Mustafa Hussein Zwyer.
It's not only Daesh - the Islamic State - they're afraid of. Al Qaeda was in Mosul before IS took over and sectarian infighting was prevalent.
The people here want to go back to Mosul but they don't expect the unrest to end. Ever. They say if it's not IS it will be another group that comes in, and so factional fighting will continue for generations to come.
"If we go back we need power; weapons to protect ourselves and trucks for patrols. Our village is big. I will order fifteen or twenty of my neighbors to patrol day and night. Doing nothing is no good when we go back," said Fawaz
A climate of violence expected, which makes many residents want to be armed and ready for a new reality.
ID : 8035084
Published : 2016-10-25 10:49
Last Modified : 2017-12-23 05:17:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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