...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
claimed the life of a 65-year-old shepherd on Sunday.
Mamand Hamadamin was herding his sheep along the mountainous areas of Haji Omaran before stepping on a landmine which went
kaboom!and immediately took his life. He had fallen victim to the area’s mines in the past as well, losing one of his legs in the incident.
Rabar Anwar, media head for the Mine Action Agency’s branch in Erbil, told Rudaw that the body will be sent for examination at the Soran forensics department.
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region suffer from large numbers of landmines that remain scattered across the country to this day due to the Iran-Iraq war, the 1991 Gulf War, the 2003 invasion by the US-led coalition, and the occupation of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) in 2014.
A vast area scattered with landmines needs to be cleared, otherwise it will continue to claim lives and leave civilians with long-term disabilities if not thoroughly cleaned.
The United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in April 2022 that over 519 children had been killed or injured in Iraq in the previous five years from explosive ordnance, adding that landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) remain one of the leading threats to children in the country.
There are around 3,000 minefields in the Kurdistan Region. Around 2,700 people have been killed by landmines and 10,800 others maimed or maimed since the 1990s, according to the Mine Action Agency.