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The shocking violence in Iraq is revealed in this horrific video of a soldier who is blown up as he attempts to deactivate an explosive device.

In a clip shared online, the military employee - said to be an Iraqi fighter - is trying to make safe an improvised explosive which was apparently left by ISIS.

Reportedly taken near Mosul in Iraq , the footage opens on a soldier bending over an object on the ground.

But within seconds, there is a sudden explosion and black smoke billows into the sky.

Although the fate of the soldier is unknown, it's unlikely given the force of the blast that he survived.

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The footage is the latest to surface online purporting to show ISIS getting the upper hand in situations over the Iraqi and coalition troops in the region.

But there have been reports that the terror organisation is attempting to shore up its reputation using propaganda praising its warfare techniques.

It's intended to distract supporters from military losses in Mosul in the weeks after the battle for the Iraqi city was launched by coalition forces.

Elite Iraqi special forces troops are said to be just a few hundred yards from the outskirts of the well-defended Islamic State city of Mosul, it emerged today.

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Two weeks into the battle for Mosul , US-trained Counter Terror troops were today battling to break into the city, fighting ruthless opposition from ISIS diehards.