Iraq: Mine directorate warns explosives displaced by heavy rain

Sulaimani’s landmine directorate is warning people to be careful after recent heavy rains may have dislodged landmines, carrying explosives away on the current and depositing them in areas that had been cleared.

“Rain and flash floods always create problems for us. We had areas that were cleared from mines, but the floods have carried mines from other areas to them and we need to clear them again,” Muhsin Sheikh Abdulkarim, head of Sulaimani’s mine affairs directorate, said on Sunday.