For cigarette smuggler, a perilous life under Islamic State

Friday, June 19, 2015

ESKI MOSUL, Iraq -- It was a heart-racing moment. The cigarette smuggler was stuck in line at a checkpoint as, up ahead, Islamic State militants were searching cars. He was running a big risk: The militants have banned smoking, and lighting up is punishable with a fine or broken finger. Selling cigarettes can be a death sentence.

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