The search for deadly landmines in Iraq - and the people risking their lives to find them
26.07.2023 - 16:17
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Millions of people live with the reality that one wrong step could kill them - and you can understand their experience like never before.
Iraq is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world, following successive conflicts including the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, both Gulf wars, and more recent IS insurgency.
We joined Manchester-based charity Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in Iraq as they work to clear land and make it safe. You can now watch our YouTube mini-documentary on the ground with the amazing men and women risking their lives to save others from the threat of landmines.
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Watch as we walk across an active minefield in Iraqi Kurdistan - a dangerous task MAG's deminers take on every single day.
We also visit a booby-trapped house rigged to imitate hidden explosives left by Islamic State in Iraqi villages.
Viewers will also be introduced to MAG's specialist mine deactivation dogs, who use their incredible noses to sniff out the dangerous explosives and save lives.
And we interview experts in explosive deactivation, as well as those on the ground who discover and detonate landmines on a daily basis.
You can watch the full documentary here.
MAG find and destroy landmines, cluster munitions and unexploded bombs which remain deadly long after conflicts have ended.
Since 1989, MAG has helped over 20 million people in 70 countries. Their mission is simple - do whatever it takes to get to a landmine before another child does.
Famously, Princess Diana highlighted the evil of landmines in 1997 when she walked across a minefield in Angola. Her visit galvanised a global ban on anti-personnel landmines, signed by