Ghosts of Mosul stalk Iraq's fleeing children Thousands of children's young lives have been torn apart by a vast military operation to recapture Iraq's second city of Mosul from the Islamic State group, known locally by the Arabic acronym "Daesh". Just one among them, Nora, sits in a tent with other displaced children at a refugee camp 30 kilometres (20 miles) east of Mosul, quietly scrawling a pencil drawing of a bright pink heart. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES