Go! and switched the radio from Iraqi folk music to fast, patriotic battle hymns as the vehicles sped up and weaved through the busy afternoon traffic. Using tips from Mosul residents, they are taking the lead in hunting down suspected Islamic State sleeper cells that have managed remain behind as Iraqi forces fight to retake the country's second largest city. Iraqi intelligence officials estimate dozens of IS fighters and sympathizers remain in hiding in eastern Mosul's more than 60 square kilometers (23 square miles) of dense urban neighborhoods. A handful of clothing shops have reopened and residents have begun rebuilding homes damaged by airstrikes, car bombs and small-arms fire. Besides the two suspects taken into custody in the Tuesday afternoon raid, Hisham and his men made four more arrests, including some as young as teenagers and a silver-haired man in his 50s. [...] we blew the house up on top of them. Under al-Maliki Iraqi security forces conducted raids inside Mosul and surrounding villages, arresting dozens of suspected militants at a time, in 2013 and 2014. "Right now we have the goodwill between the people and the security forces," said a Mosul resident and former officer in Saddam Hussein's military, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear for his safety.
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