Iraq force that helped beat IS turns to reconstruction Three months ago, members of Iraq's Hashed Al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units, were using their diggers to smash down defensive embankments built by Islamic State group jihadists in northern Iraq. But after years of digging for victory, they have now turned their skills to civilian use: gouging out irrigation channels for farmers in the southern province of Basra. IMAGES ET SONORES