‘Take cover!’ Tackling IS car bombs in Iraq
It only takes a split second for the expression on the Iraqi soldier's face to transform from relaxed contentment to absolute terror. "Car bomb!" The scream slices across the otherwise quiet afternoon in Karkukli, a heavily damaged eastern district of Iraq's second city Mosul. IS has repeatedly turned to suicide car bombings as part of […]It only takes a split second for the expression on the Iraqi soldier's face to transform from relaxed contentment to absolute terror. "Car bomb!"
The scream slices across the otherwise quiet afternoon in Karkukli, a heavily damaged eastern district of Iraq's second city Mosul.
IS has repeatedly turned to suicide car bombings as part of its defence against Iraqi forces since the operation to retake Mosul was launched four weeks ago.