Booby-traps plague north Iraq as Islamic State targets returning civilians
Islamic State sows vast areas with mines, booby-traps
Tactic aims to thwart stabilisation
Jihadists targeting civilians
Clearing campaign could take decades
By Angus MacSwan
SHEIKH AMIR, Iraq, July 26 (Reuters) - As people return home to Mosul and other areas of northern Iraq freed from Islamic State, homemade bombs and explosives laid on an industrial scale by the insurgents are claiming hundreds of victims and hampering efforts to bring life back to normal.
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