Packed Iraq morgue reveals toll of Mosul conflict
By Isabel ColesQAYYARA, Iraq (Reuters) - The stench hits you long before you reach the morgue where the latest casualties of war between Islamic State militants and Iraqi forces are kept.Doctor Mansour Maarouf dons a surgical mask as he approaches the morgue refrigerator and pauses before pulling open the door to an icy blast.Nearly all of them are victims of the ongoing battle to dislodge Islamic State militants from Mosul, around 60 km further north.
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