“Improvisation and classics” kill thousands of Iraqis and threaten the lives of millions.

[size=52]“Improvisation and classics” kill thousands of Iraqis and threaten the lives of millions.[/size]


Local officials in Anbar, western Iraq, revealed the implementation of campaigns to save the province's residents from the remnants of the "ISIS" organization and the war that toppled it, indicating that "improvised" explosive devices are a "dangerous" obstacle to the work of rescue teams.   
[size=45]The Director of the Mine Affairs Department of the Ministry of Environment, Dhafer Mahmoud, said, “The destruction and devastation that Anbar has been subjected to as a result of the occupation of the terrorist organization Daesh, as well as the war to expel it from the province behind thousands of devices and other explosives,” noting that “this prompted us to work on addressing these effects.” Negativity and purification of the province.”[/size]
[size=45]“Improvised” packages hinder work[/size]
[size=45]Mahmoud explained, "After the liberation of Anbar, work was started to purify the infrastructure, and then homes, streets, and even agricultural areas, and work is still ongoing to remove these wastes, with vigorous efforts by the Ministries of Interior and Defense."[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the areas whose residents are still unable to return to them due to the lack of disinfection, Mahmoud said, “A complex problem faces us in working to dismantle the explosive devices, which is the complex method of their manufacture, and if you will, they are improvised explosive devices and not as classic as others, and this is what causes slow progress Work to remove it.[/size]
[size=45]He added, "We do not intend to rush to remove them in order to preserve the safety of removal experts and to preserve booby-trapped residential homes, or those surrounding the bombs."[/size]
[size=45]Regarding those affected by the containers and the possibility of compensating them, Mahmoud said, “Our work in this regard is limited to registering them in the list of information, discovering the injury, its type, location and cause, and then submitting it to the concerned authority in order to work on providing health assistance to them and compensating them.”[/size]
[size=45]The method of making explosives baffled the world[/size]
[size=45]In turn, the Director of the Planning and Information Department of the Mine Affairs Department, Ahmed Abdul Razzaq Falih, told Shafaq News Agency, "All provinces that were occupied by ISIS have been greatly affected by the explosive devices left by the organization, and this is a danger that has recently entered Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "The method of making these packages baffled the world, as they were made in an improvised and strange way."[/size]
[size=45]And Falih said, "The governorates most affected by the war remnants are Anbar, as more than 200 square kilometers are still dangerous areas."[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "In Fallujah district alone, there are approximately 95 square kilometers that were contaminated, of which about 48 square kilometers have been cleared, and work is still underway to purify the remaining polluted areas in Fallujah, with the participation of employees of the Ministries of Defense and Interior, and international and local organizations specialized in removing and dismantling mines.”[/size]
[size=45]Falih pointed out that "all the explosives that have eluded the specialized engineering cadres are locally made, and we have no choice but to remove them in any way, because they have hampered the lives of thousands of citizens, and they also impede closing the file of the displaced."[/size]
[size=45]Explosives that cause cancerous diseases And about the possibility of these homemade bombs causing an increase in the number of people with cancerous diseases and congenital malformations, as used by the American forces during the first and second Fallujah wars, Falih stressed, that “they have radioactive effects, but during the American war depleted uranium was used in explosives. These packages are free of uranium, as they were made of primitive materials, and they are linked to activation devices such as mobile phones, fingerprints or electrical circuit devices, meaning that they have a small percentage of radioactive materials.”[/size]
[size=45]The Director of the Northern Region Center in the Department of Mine Action, Muammar Salah al-Din, said that “surveys have been conducted on the number of victims of mines and remnants of war in Anbar,” noting that “there is a trace of ten thousand victims between dead and wounded, as a result of these remnants, and we are working on coordination.” With other partners in the Ministries of Health and Social Affairs, in addition to the Red Cross and Red Crescent, in order to provide support to the victims, or their families.[/size]
[size=45]And Salah El-Din indicated that "work is underway to provide support to all those affected as a result of mines and war remnants left by ISIS and the war to expel it from the country, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Environment, in addition to contributing to speeding up aid and support for these people."[/size]
[size=45]Agreement to speed up work[/size]
[size=45]As for the mayor of Fallujah district, (60 km west of the capital), Muayyad al-Dulaimi, he says, “Fallujah has suffered a lot from ISIS remnants, and after a long time has passed since its liberation from the terrorist organization, the city must get rid of this scourge that swallowed the lives of thousands and hindered the lives of thousands of others.” “.[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, in an interview, that "several areas in Fallujah are still suffering from the effects of explosive devices and war remnants, most notably the Al-Shuhada neighborhood and the Nuaimiya and Al-Sager areas."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Dulaimi revealed, “The agreement with Hello Trust organization working to remove and dismantle mines in Anbar, to increase its teams and expedite work to clear the city, especially with the start of the school year and the approaching rainy season, which may cause the explosives to drift and reach safe areas.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the agreement stipulated the formation of teams to work on educating citizens, especially students, by holding seminars and awareness workshops in coordination with the Directorate of Education."[/size]
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