ISIS remnants still waging their terrorist campaign against innocent Iraqis

Russia Today: The aftershocks triggered by the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist caliphate can still be felt across Iraq, even though it’s been over a year since the Iraqi government declared final victory over IS fighters.
On the ground in Iraq, fears of an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) comeback have grown as the remnants of the terrorist group leave a trail of victims behind them. Killings and kidnappings are making their way back into the headlines, suggesting they are a new terrorist tactic to instill fear among Iraqi civilians.
Nidaa Syan Najem lost her son and husband as she witnessed one such attack in July. She and her family were returning home after a wedding party when, at an unmanned checkpoint on the road just outside Baghdad, the family’s car was surrounded by masked gunmen. The situation escalated when family members admitted they were Shias.
“It was a quarter to nine at night,” Najem recalled, speaking to RT’s Ruptly. The militants shot the men in the group, leaving their bodies laying in the street. “And you know, we are women and we started crying that we lost our families, so they started shouting at us saying that we are Rawafed (rejectionists), dogs, and that they are the Islamic State in Iraq.” After all the men present were killed, the militants departed, leaving the women and children behind. The women tried to reach out for help, but it was a long wait, according to Najem.
“It took the [security] forces four hours until they reached us. They were afraid the car was booby trapped so they were afraid to get close to it. But we had not seen them yet. We did not know whether we should wait for news that we should flee, we did not know,” Najem said.
She claimed that, upon their arrival, security forces said the checkpoint where the tragic incident took place was manned and the road secured from both sides.
“We did not know about the checkpoint,” she said. “We entered this road without knowing that this road is dangerous. [Those who are at] the checkpoint are to blame. We know that they have information whether to tighten [security] and know whether the road is dangerous,” she added.
In post-IS Iraq, it’s not just government forces manning roadside checkpoints. Competing militia groups, many of them remnants of IS, have taken to setting up checkpoints to control crucial stretches of road. In addition, reports have circulated of IS fighters donning Iraqi army uniforms at fake checkpoints.