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Inside ISIS' mind-blowing network of underground tunnels, filled with drugs and ammunition
Inside ISIS' mind-blowing network of underground tunnels, filled with drugs and ammunition
Charles ClarkNov 25, 2015, 20:31 IST
In this image made from video taken on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, Kurdish security forces are seen in a tunnel complex under the city of Sinjar, northern Iraq that were used by Islamic State fighters to move undetected and avoid coalition airstrikes before the town was retaken from the militants.AP Photo via AP video
Over the past year, ISIS has constructed an astonishing network of underground tunnels in the town of Sinjar, Iraq, which they seized in 2014.
Thirty to 40 tunnels were found in total, each wired with electricity and each with their own sleeping quarters. The extremist group had carved out a small community in its underground network of tunnels.
