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What is the location of each of the 12 British anti-personnel landmines known to still be in Iraq following the Gulf conflict; what is their type and specification; what steps he is taking to ensure they are cleared; and what estimate he has made of the total number unaccounted for...
What is the location of each of the 12 British anti-personnel landmines known to still be in Iraq following the Gulf conflict; what is their type and specification; what steps he is taking to ensure they are cleared; and what estimate he has made of the total number unaccounted for...
Asked by
Robert Key
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
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Answered
For answer on
21 July 1997
Answered on
21 July 1997
Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the location of each of the 12 British anti-personnel land mines known
still to be in Iraq following the Gulf conflict; what is their type and specification; what steps he is taking to ensure they are
cleared; and what estimate he has made of the total number unaccounted for in Iraq. [9665]
Dr. Reid: According to currently available information, 12 C3A1 anti-personnel land mines, commonly known as Elsies, were used in
Iraq and not subsequently recovered. Consistent with the provisions of international law current at the time, details of their
precise locations were not recorded in view of the nature of the operations. Given the current circumstances in Iraq, it would not
be practical to attempt now to clear them. My Department is trying urgently to establish whether any further anti-personnel land
mines used by British forces in the Gulf conflict remain unaccounted for.
Subjects
Bomb disposal; Iraq; Iraq-Kuwait conflict; Landmines
Date
21 July 1997
Reference
9665; 298 c401-2W
House
House of Commons