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MAG Iraq - November Update
18 Dec 2007 17:11:00 GMT
Source: MAG (Mines Advisory Group)
Website: http://www.mag.org.uk
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MAG team leader records the number of mines safely removed from a minefield
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MAG team leader records the number of mines safely removed from a minefield
The programme continued to reduce risk to vulnerable communities and support conflict recovery and rehabilitation by implementing humanitarian mine action and Small Arms / Light Weapons (SA/LW) projects in Dahuk, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewah, and Sulimaniyah governorates

- MAG teams searched and cleared 67,445 sq/m of land using hand, electronic, and visual techniques, removing 262 hazardous items

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