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In Iraq's Baiji, Mines Turn Farms into Killing Fields

Agence France-Presse

   One man lost his uncle. Another is mourning for two sons. Farmers and
   herders in Iraq's Baiji say mines left by the Islamic State group
   turned their beloved orchards into killing fields.

   The improvised explosive devices, planted by jihadists trying to fend
   off Iraqi troops in 2015, have also discouraged scores of families from
   returning to their battered farming towns around Baiji, in the north of
   the country.

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