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Smugglers on Iran Iraq Border

BASHMAKH, IRAQ:  An Iranian Kurdish smuggler prepares to load alcohol onto his horses to take into Iran...Iranian Kurdish smugglers traffic petrol from Iran into Iraq and alcohol from Iraq into Iran.  On foot, a smuggler can look to make around $10 per trip whereas with a horse a smuggler can make $100.  The routes are very dangerous with the risk of stepping on land mines or  being shot by the Iranian military..Photo by Kamaran Najm/Metrography
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Kurdish Smugglers along the Iraq Iran border
BASHMAKH, IRAQ: An Iranian Kurdish smuggler prepares to load alcohol onto his horses to take into Iran...Iranian Kurdish smugglers traffic petrol from Iran into Iraq and alcohol from Iraq into Iran. On foot, a smuggler can look to make around $10 per trip whereas with a horse a smuggler can make $100. The routes are very dangerous with the risk of stepping on land mines or being shot by the Iranian military..Photo by Kamaran Najm/Metrography

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Date: 1 Jan 2010
Location: BASHMAKH IRAQ
Credit: Metrography
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