Battle to free Mosul of IS 'intellectual terrorism' In a classroom of the University of Mosul, the Islamic State group's former capital in Iraq, around 50 volunteers have undergone a week's training on how to combat the jihadists' ideology. The Islamic scholars aim to set up "brigades" tasked with ridding Mosul residents of their extremist ideas following the city's recapture last July which ended three years of IS rule. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES