During Fiscal Year 2010, the Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs provided nearly $25 million in Iraq for conventional weapons destruction efforts. The effort cleared landmines and unexploded ordnance from more than 18 million square meters across Iraq, boosting economic and agricultural development throughout the nation, the department said in a statement. The funds also provided mine- and unexploded ordnance- risk education to nearly 35,000 Iraqi men, women and children. This…
U.S. Provides Nearly $25 Million In FY 10 For Iraqi UXO Clearing
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