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Iraqi government officials destroy nearly six tons of drugs, some of which had been in storage for more than a decade, in Baghdad's Nahrawan area on December 18, 2022. Speaking in front of assembled media who were invited to cover the destruction near a military base outside Baghdad, he said it was the first “destruction operation of this magnitude” carried out since 2009. Security forces have intensified narcotics operations in recent years with near-daily announcements of drug seizures and arrests of traffickers. (Photo by Sabah Arar/AFP Photo)
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