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Clearing Improvised Landmines in Iraq Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction Volume 21 Issue 1 The Journal of Conventional Weapons Article 4 Destruction Issue 21.1 April 2017 MAG: Clearing Improvised Landmines in Iraq Chris Loughran MAG (MAG (Mines Advisory Group)) Sean Sutton MAG (Mines Advisory Group) Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal Part of the Defense and Security Studies Commons, Emergency and Disaster Management Commons, Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons, and the Peace and Conflict Studies Commons Recommended Citation Loughran, Chris and Sutton, Sean (2017) "MAG: Clearing Improvised Landmines in Iraq," Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction: Vol. 21 : Iss. 1 , Article 4. Available at: https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol21/iss1/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at JMU Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction by an authorized editor of JMU Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 42° Hakkâri 44° 46° 48° Daryacheh-ye- -- - Mianeh-- Orumiyeh Orumiyeh Q e (Umia) (Lake Urmia) ze -- l O Zakhu wz - an DAHUK -- Al Qamishli-- Dahuk- Miandowab 'Aqrah Rayat-- - ab Zanjan Al Mawsil Z t - a A (Mosul) e A Sinjar (Mosul) r G S S Tall 'Afar - - S S 36 Ar Raqqah Arbil UU ° NINAWÁ 36 - LL ° r Kuysanjaq - A u Al Qayyarah - - b Makhmur Y a b a h Z M K e l Al Hadr tl a it L As r N -- h a Sulaymaniyah - Y Sanandaj Dayr az Zawr N Kirkuk A - KIRK K Loughran and Sutton: MAG: Clearing ImprovisedH Landmines in Iraq Halabjah - Bayji FEATURE T Na -- i h g r a Tawuq r l б is 'U - l MAG: CLEARING IMPROVISEDa - z y Tikrit a i Hamadan y LANDMINESm IN IRAQ D - r rates Buhayrat al h -- Euph - SALAHby Chris AD Loughran and Sean Sutton [ MAG, Mines Advisory Group ] a Abu Kamal Qadisiyah - N - - DIN Qasr-e Shirin-- - -- Thartha- Khanaqin Kermanshah 34 - ° Al Hadithah Lake 34° Borujerd- -- Al Ha - 'Akashat bba - - ni -n Hit ya - - Al Walid wra h Ilam - a - i H -- R -- - i Ar Ramadi u- Khorramabad ad Baghdad dh W ha- Habbaniyahё - h BAGHDAD ne j - h-y Ar Rutbah Lake llu Mehran e - Al Fa ma A re A L ANBAR h - dёawi Razzaza Trebil - al Gha - - a-di Lake These women have just crossed the frontline in eastern Mosul, northern Iraq where hundreds of people are crossing Dehloran W every day. At the camps set- up by MAG’s humanitarian partners—oftenW on ASIland that was madeT safe from improvised landmines- and unexploded ordnance by our teams—people who were displaced by the violence are provided with Karbala'tented shelter and basicBABIL supplies. What they want most is to get home as soon as possible, once the violenceShaykh has Sa'd ceased. But people are losing lives, limbs, and livelihoods as they return to extensive contamination from landmines and booby traps in their homes, villages, and fields. We are in a race against time to get to these brutal, indiscriminate killers. In just three- weeks in NovemberAl Hillah2016, in a single village east of Mosul, MAG- cleared 250 improvised landmines. This could be 250 lives saved. Most of the improvised mines MAG found are powerful enough to rip apart a car but JORDAN KARBALA' Al Kut - - sensitive enough to be triggered by a child’s footstep. 'Ali al Gharbi - All photos courtesy of Sean Sutton/MAG. Al Hayy Dezful Ubayyiёd AG’s recent experience in the Middle East has shown Munitions deployed on, under, or near the ground that are 32 - -i al --- - ad Mthat clearing improvised landmines can be achieved initiated by the presence, proximity, or contact of a person ° W Ad Diwaniyah MAYSAN 32 An evenNajaf in the most complex humanitarian contexts. It is imper- regardless of whether they are improvised or not are anti- ° Nukhayb ative that detail and specificity is given to discussions on im- personnel landmines, as defined by the Anti-personnel Mine - S provised devices if we are to avoid negative repercussions for Ban Convention (APMBC) and Amended Protocol II of the Al 'Amarah - h Abu Sukhayr - - T the safety of beneficiaries and humanitarian workers. Convention on Certain Conventionala Weapons (CCW). AL QADISIYAH i t g t Qal'at Sukkar r a i s l - Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2017 1 ISSUE 21.1 @ APRIL 2017 9 Qal'at Salih -- DHI QAR Qaryat al Gharab G Judayyidat 'Ar'ar h a r rr a h h E f u a AN NAJAF a phra Ar'ar tes Al QurnahS h - w h s a - - a An Nasiriyah tt m m - a a Hawr al Hammar l a A r n S r s ra o A b h d - Jalibah- K As Salman b A AL MUTHANN AL BASRAH Umm Qasr 30 30 ° Makhfar al Busayyah ° Al Faw- Rafha- Al Jahrah Persian Kuwait Gulf Al Ahmadi- IRAQ Hafar al Batin- 28° 0 50 100 150 200 150 300 km The boundaries and names shown and the designations 0 50 100 150 200 mi acceptance by the United Nations. 42° 44° 46° 48° 42° Hakkâri 44° 46° 48° Daryacheh-ye- -- - Mianeh-- Orumiyeh Orumiyeh Q e (Umia) (Lake Urmia) ze -- l O Zakhu wz - an DAHUK -- Al Qamishli-- Dahuk- Miandowab 'Aqrah Rayat-- - ab Zanjan Al Mawsil Z t - a A (Mosul) e A Sinjar (Mosul) r G S S Tall 'Afar - - S S 36 Ar Raqqah Arbil UU ° NINAWÁ 36 - LL ° r Kuysanjaq - A u Al Qayyarah - - b Makhmur Y a b a h Z M K e l Al Hadr tl a it L As r N -- h a Sulaymaniyah - Y Sanandaj Dayr az Zawr N Kirkuk A - Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction, Vol. 21, Iss. 1 [2017], Art. 4 KIRK K H Halabjah Bayji- T Na -- i h g r a Tawuq r l б is 'U - l a - z y Tikrit a i Hamadan y m D - r tes Buhayrat al h -- Euphra - SALAH AD a Abu Kamal Qadisiyah - N -- DIN Qasr-e Shirin-- - -- Thartha- Khanaqin Kermanshah 34 - ° Al Hadithah Lake 34° Borujerd- -- Al Ha - 'Akashat bba - - niy a-n Hit a - - Al Walid One of the numerous landmines found closea tow housesr marked off before it is defuzed and then destroyed. A destroyed Islamic h Ilam State/Da’esh vehicle is in the background.- H Use of improvised or artisanal landmines is not a new phenomenon. MAG and other hu- manitarian NGOs have found improvised- i landmines in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, and elsewhere for almost three decades. -- R -- - i Ar Ramadi u- Khorramabad ad Baghdad dh W ha- Habbaniyahё - h BAGHDAD ne j - h-y Ar Rutbah Lake llu Mehran e - Al Fa ma A re A L ANBAR h -i Razzaza - Ghadёaw - Trebil -di al Lake - Dehloran Wa - - W ASIT Karbala' BABIL Shaykh Sa'd - Al Hillah - JORDAN Al Kut KARBALA' 'Ali-- al Gharbi - Al Hayy Dezful bayy 32 -i al U iёd --- - ° -ad Ad Diwaniyah MAYSAN 32 W Nukhayb An Najaf - ° S Al 'Amarah - h Abu Sukhayr - - T a Technical Field Manager Mohammad Salaam has worked with MAG for 24 years in countries all over the world. He has never seen a AL QADISIYAH i more heavily mined place than his home region in northern Iraq. “We find more every day” he said. t g t Qal'at Sukkar r a i s l - https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol21/iss1/4 2 10 FEATURE @ THE JOURNAL OF CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION Qal'at Salih -- DHI QAR Qaryat al Gharab G Judayyidat 'Ar'ar h a r rr a h h E f u a AN NAJAF a phra Ar'ar tes Al QurnahS h - w h s a - - a An Nasiriyah tt m m - a a Hawr al Hammar l a A r n S r s ra o A b h d - Jalibah- K As Salman b A AL MUTHANN AL BASRAH Umm Qasr 30 30 ° Makhfar al Busayyah ° Al Faw- Rafha- Al Jahrah Persian Kuwait Gulf Al Ahmadi- IRAQ Hafar al Batin- 28° 0 50 100 150 200 150 300 km The boundaries and names shown and the designations 0 50 100 150 200 mi acceptance by the United Nations. 42° 44° 46° 48° 42° Hakkâri 44° 46° 48° Daryacheh-ye- -- - Mianeh-- Orumiyeh Orumiyeh Q e (Umia) (Lake Urmia) ze -- l O Zakhu wz - an DAHUK -- Al Qamishli-- Dahuk- Miandowab 'Aqrah Rayat-- - ab Zanjan Al Mawsil Z t - a A (Mosul) e A Sinjar (Mosul) r G S S Tall 'Afar - - S S 36 Ar Raqqah Arbil UU ° NINAWÁ 36 - LL ° r Kuysanjaq - A u Al Qayyarah - - b Makhmur Y a b a h Z M K e l Al Hadr tl a it L As r N -- h a Sulaymaniyah - Y Sanandaj Dayr az Zawr N Kirkuk A - KIRK K Loughran and Sutton: MAG: Clearing ImprovisedH Landmines in Iraq Halabjah Bayji- T Na -- i h g r a Tawuq r l б is 'U - l a - z y Tikrit a i Hamadan y m D - r tes Buhayrat al h -- Euphra - SALAH AD a Abu Kamal Qadisiyah - N - - DIN Qasr-e Shirin-- - -- Thartha- Khanaqin Kermanshah 34 - ° Al Hadithah Lake 34° Borujerd- -- Al Habb - 'Akashat - an- - iy - ran Hit a - Al Walid aw h Deminers deal with explosive devices and landmines on the outskirts of Bashiqa, Iraq. Here the MAG team found six differentIlam items - set up for command control and also pressure wires. Many vehicles passed over these explosives, very close to the pressure wires.
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