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AMMAN — The Iraqi bomb-disposal experts Canada has promised to help are losing colleagues almost every day as they try to defuse bombs jihadists hide by the dozens beside the roads.

“Booby-traps, vehicle-born explosive devices, suicide vests — we have hundreds of experts as martyrs as we dealt with tons of explosives” said an explosives specialist from the Iraqi Interior Ministry.

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“Because of (ISIL’s) dirty methods, they are killing everyone and destroying Iraq’s infrastructure for the Iraqi people.”

The officer was speaking at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre outside Amman. It is here NATO is training Iraqi soldiers and security officials in such skills as defusing improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

At a NATO summit in July, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada would contribute to this initiative, but provided no details.

A Global Affairs Canada spokesman said this week no Canadian soldiers or government officials are involved. Instead, Canada will contribute $400,000.