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Ministry of Defence: Swedish military team receives training of our troops for the treatment and control of explosives
Date: Thursday, 09/02/2012 19:40
Baghdad (news) .. revealed the Iraqi Defense Ministry that the group of Swedish have now trained our forces for the treatment and control of explosives, confirmed that the next phase would be Iraq, adding to many nationalities to be trained in some disciplines the military.
said Iraqi Defense Minister, acting Saadoun al-Dulaimi during a speech during the visit the field of training of Swedish team in the arena of school to address unexploded ordnance in Baghdad, on Thursday,
which was attended by reporter Agency (news): The military delegation came to Iraq to gain experience and training on many of the things that faced Iraq during the past decade, particularly in the fight against explosives, explained that the course will be to exchange information in different jurisdictions, particularly anti-explosives, as well as giving them information on improvised hybrid and car bombs and explosive belts in Iraq and also take advantage of the Swedish team in the area of treatment.
The al-Dulaimi: that the coming stage will witness Iqbal military teams of different nationalities to Iraq to receive training, noting that Iraq now has a vast experience in the areas of professional military, especially in dealing with unexploded ordnance and control of the car bombs and dismantled as it is now with a long history in that area.
among the leading Swedish army Michael Ongul in a statement (of news) that it is not surprising that the advancing nations dysfunctional of the world have applied to missions and delegations to scientific institutions and the Iraqi military to gain experience and benefit from the Iraqi experience in the fight against terrorism, the fact that Swedish team found that the Iraqi instructors are professional and very there to take advantage of many of the team.
The experience of the Iraqi army particular specialization to combat improvised explosive devices and booby result of the insurgency that gripped the country after 2003
and was Secretary of the former Environment Nermin Othman announced in 2010, the presence of large numbers of mines in Iraq, an estimated 28 million mines, as well as the presence of 300 thousand bomb is Mnfelqh and a half million cluster bombs, noting that the cost of lifting and removal of one mine ranging between 100-350 dollars, which means that the process of lifting the mine will cost Iraq huge amounts of money, indicating that the number of mines in Iraq is about a quarter of mine in the world. / Finished / 3. Q. p /
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