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IEDs

Members of Iraqi Federal police carry suicide belts used by Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul.

Clearing mines and explosives in Mosul

Conflict

Mosul has more extensive explosive contamination than the other cities retaken from ISIS in Iraq.

The "Colonel," 48, looks out at a small village outside Kirkuk littered with homemade bombs from ISIS militants. He team has to clear away IEDs set by ISIS militants, but they have little equipment to do the job.

Kurdish bomb experts defuse IEDs on a shoestring

Conflict
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