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Kurdistan: Rockets, shells and mortars
destroyed in Ravina
31.10.2008
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October 31, 2008
DUHOK,
Kurdistan region "Iraq", — The small
village of Ravina in Kurdistan region "northern
Iraq" has had a troubled recent history.
Situated in the Amedi district of Duhok Governorate
near the Turkish border and home to around 60
families,www.ekurd.net
it was attacked in 1965
by the former Iraqi military in order to drive out
the Peshmerga (Kurdish forces), whose base was
located on the northern mountains of Iraqi
Kurdistan.
In 1987, more than 370 residents were forced to
leave the village when it was attacked again, by
Saddam's regime.
Four years later,www.ekurd.net
following the Kurdish
uprising, those displaced were able to return to,
and slowly rebuild, their community. With the
support of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),
villagers were able to construct a primary school
and health centre, as well as facilities to bring
water and electricity to the village.
However, the area remained highly contaminated by
remnants of conflict and during the late 1990s MAG
Community Liaison (CL) teams delivered Mine Risk
Education (MRE) to the population.
With an increased awareness of the surrounding
dangers, Ravina's villagers were able to continue
safely with their everyday lives, until 2007, when
the village suffered renewed contamination as the
Turkish military launched air-strikes against PKK
(Kurdistan Workers Party) forces in the area.
Following the attacks, MAG CL teams deployed to
Ravina and subsequently identified six new hazardous
areas. And in August and September, MAG Small Arms
and Light Weapons (SALW) teams safely removed and
destroyed 33 hazardous items including rockets,
shells and mortars.
MAG has been operational in Iraq since 1992 and has
had specialist teams dedicated to addressing the
country's SALW problem since September 2007.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, maginternational
org/iraq
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