Iraq’s security situation has been relatively stable despite ongoing plots by ISIS terrorist organization to create chaos, most recently by booby trapping animals, especially cows.

At the height of its power, ISIS had suicide bombers and a membership from different generations. But it is no longer capable of making new recruitments after its defeat in Iraq in late 2017.

Despite its territorial losses, the terrorist organization remains barricaded in various mountainous and desert areas of western governorates, namely Diyala, Kirkuk, al-Anbar, Saladin, and Nineveh.

However, no one expected that ISIS would resort to animals to carry out attacks. In 2005, 2006, and 2007, al-Qaeda used animals in its operations before it was defeated by the Awakening Council, the tribal organization established by the US in al-Anbar.

In Diyala province, 65…