Iraqi bridge is sole link for Mosul residents rebuilding lives

By Angus MacSwanMOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - On a pontoon bridge connecting East and West Mosul, residents of a city shattered by the battle to expel Islamic State cross back and forth trying to rebuild their lives from the rubble.Other bridges, including the landmark Iron Bridge, were wrecked in nine months of urban warfare which saw Iraqi government forces fight the militants street-by-street and house-by-house.All have tales of hardship and suffering under three years of Islamic State rule and, de