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Iraq
U.S. firm to de-mine Iraqi city of Ramadi retaken from Islamic State
2016-04-06
"Hey Ma, I'm going to have a lu-cra-tive career! Now when I go to Europe it'll be because they hired me -- ain't that great, Ma!"
[Ynet] A U.S. de-mining company is removing explosives and training Iraqis to dismantle the devices planted by Islamic State in the largest Iraqi city retaken from the militants, a diplomat and two U.S. officials said on Monday.

Hundreds of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted throughout the streets and buildings of Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, have delayed the return of around half a million displaced residents since the Iraqi military backed by U.S. air strikes recaptured the city three months ago.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  But SteveS, where's the graft in that?
Posted by: AlanC   2016-04-06 13:19  

#2  Mind you I've never actually tried this, but it seems to me that the overpressure from a sufficiently large explosion would detonate all the mines and IEDs at once. Save a lot of time. And it's not like Ramadi isn't beat all to heck already.
Posted by: SteveS   2016-04-06 11:55  

#1  LOL TW, in a similar veing Joe Louis on joining the Army is said to have calle his mother and said "I got the job Ma."
Posted by: Shipman   2016-04-06 11:24  

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