A “clash mine” turns a spring picnic in Kirkuk into pieces. When will the war waste file end?

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[size=52]A “clash mine” turns a spring picnic in Kirkuk into pieces. When will the war waste file end?[/size]

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03-08-2024
Aziz Shahadha Issa, born in 1980, never thought that he would lose his life and his son Mustafa would be injured as a result of the explosion of a landmine left over from the “former regime” on the outskirts of Jabal Bor in the Laylan district, southeast of Kirkuk.[/size]
[size=45]Abu Mustafa prepared with his family to spend some spring time on the outskirts of Kirkuk, and the components of the governorate have habits of going out to the districts and areas of the governorate to spend some time with the family. They spend the hours of the morning before sunset and return to their homes.[/size]
[size=45]Abu Mustafa did not know that fate would turn the outing into a solace for him. Rather, he would leave his family this time never to return. After packing his luggage with his family, he headed to the outskirts of the Laylan district, southeast of Kirkuk, for the outing, but fate was lurking for him to announce his final hours. He will leave his family forever.[/size]
[size=45]Abu Mustafa died from a landmine that was planted on the outskirts of the Jabal Bur oil area in the Laylan district, which is an open area. The previous regime had planted mines in the strip linking Kirkuk to the governorates of the Kurdistan region.[/size]
[size=45]Where mines were planted as repellent lines between the former regime’s line and the areas that were under the control of the regional government, which was called Line 36.[/size]
[size=45]Explosives still represent a real danger to the people of Kirkuk, as they go out into the open wild areas alongside the mines planted by Saddam’s regime, along with the explosive devices and explosives left behind by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), and they are considered a source of concern for the local residents on the outskirts of Kirkuk, the districts and the districts.[/size]
[size=45]A security source in the Laylan police said, “Today’s incident resulted in the killing of Aziz Shahada Issa, born in 1980, and the moderate wounding of his 12-year-old son. He is now in Azadi Hospital and receiving treatment.”[/size]
[size=45]from his side; The official spokesman for the Civil Defense Directorate in Kirkuk, Major Qais Abdul Razzaq, confirms that “explosives still threaten the lives of civilians and the Civil Defense Directorate, and at the beginning of the spring season, warns against entering some important areas because there are remnants of war that could explode and lead to human losses, as happened in Today’s incident in the Jabal Bur area.”[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "People who go out on the outskirts of the city must stay away from foreign objects and forbidden areas to protect themselves from any harm that may happen to them, given that Iraq has a lot of military waste due to wars and ISIS incidents."[/size]
[size=45]He confirms that “the Civil Defense Directorate conducted complete surveys in all districts and districts of Kirkuk and recorded the safety of the majority of those areas, but there are former army sites or waste left unexploded, and when tampered with, they explode and lead to human losses.”[/size]
[size=45]While the expert in the field of handling explosives and retired former officer, Hamid Ali, told Shafaq News Agency, “Kirkuk, because it is close to the governorates of the Kurdistan region, there were explosives in the sites of the former Iraqi army, which planted mines in the border strip between Kirkuk and the cities of the region, and ISIS incidents also left residues.” Many warplanes explode from time to time on the outskirts of Kirkuk, especially when going out for a walk in the spring or during grazing operations.”[/size]
[size=45]He stated that “the last three years recorded a decline in the number of casualties due to the explosion of war remnants in Kirkuk, especially after the elimination of ISIS, and Kirkuk recorded approximately 12 incidents due to war remnants, which is the lowest number if compared to the days of ISIS. Kirkuk recorded approximately 30 explosions annually, with civilians as victims.” .[/size]
[size=45]He continued that “ISIS” planted along the border separating Kirkuk from the areas under its control, where it was deliberately placing explosive devices to prevent civilians from leaving those areas towards the areas under the control of the federal government. Kirkuk, like the rest of the provinces, took its share of mines that were not of a high level like the rest of the provinces adjacent to the border. Iraqi-Iranian cities, such as Wasit, Diyala, Basra, Maysan, and other governorates in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, and other cities in which many mines were planted to target the armies of both parties, but the compass moved this time to the governorates of Kirkuk, Nineveh, Diyala, Anbar, and Salah al-Din.”[/size]
[size=45]A report by Humanity and Investigation, an international organization concerned with providing safety for those affected in the world, revealed that there are eight million five hundred thousand Iraqis living in dangerous, deadly places containing explosive remnants of war and explosive devices.[/size]
[size=45]The international organization said in its report: The cost of clearing mines from some areas, especially those containing rubble, such as Mosul, is equivalent to six times the cost of clearing mines from flat areas, indicating that this matter requires Iraq to provide about one hundred and eighty million dollars annually, including fifty million dollars for Mosul. Just.[/size]
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