Iraq's Porous Borders

Whiskey smugglers load their packs
YURI KOZYREV

On the Rocks
Whiskey smugglers load their packs at Bnawa Sota in northeastern Iraq for the perilous horseback journey over snow-capped mountains into neighboring Iran, where alcohol is totally forbidden—and bootleg liquor fetches a price that provides a living for hundreds of smugglers

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