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Interview With Miriam Coronel Ferrer Of The Non-State Actors Working Group, Margaret S. Busé
Interview With Miriam Coronel Ferrer Of The Non-State Actors Working Group, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The challenges and success of the Non-State Actors Working Group are discussed with Miriam Coronel Ferrer.
The Journal Of Mine Action Issue 5.3 (2001), Cisr Journal
The Journal Of Mine Action Issue 5.3 (2001), Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Issue 5.3: Landmines in The Middle East Focus
Combating Subterranean Terror, Her Majesty Queen Noor
Combating Subterranean Terror, Her Majesty Queen Noor
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Over the past 25 years, driving past Jordan Valley mine fields fenced off by barbed wire, visiting with landmine victims, or tallying the grim statistics, I have grieved for the children and adults in the Middle East routinely maimed or killed by these weapons of mass destruction in slow motion. Our region has been called the landmine heartland of the world, with an estimated 50 million mines scarring the earth from Morocco to Afghanistan. Beyond the physical and psychological torture of those who have been injured, or lost loved ones, is the further punishment of land made desolate, lost to …
Landmine Survivor’S Network Provides Victim Assistance In Jordan, Kathleen Powers
Landmine Survivor’S Network Provides Victim Assistance In Jordan, Kathleen Powers
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
According to military figures, most mine incidents occurred during the latter part of the 1960s and early 1970s, when the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict spilled into Jordan. Incidents rose again during the early part of the 1990s due to heavy rains and floods that shifted landmines from their originally marked and mapped fields into unrecorded areas.
Humanitarian Demining In The Sultanate Of Oman, Steve Soucek, Darrell Strother
Humanitarian Demining In The Sultanate Of Oman, Steve Soucek, Darrell Strother
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Oman has a low to moderate landmine/unexploded ordnance (UXO) problem. Anti-tank (AT) and anti-personnel (AP) landmines were laid in the Dhofar region between 1964 and 1975 during an internal struggle with the People’s Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf (PFLOG, later shortened to PFLO, a communist separatist group). Both the Royal Army of Oman (RAO)—with its allies Jordan, Iran and the United Kingdom—and the PFLO used landmines during the conflict; the RAO to support defensive positions or to interdict the separatists’ movements, and the separatists to ambush the RAO and allied units.
The United States Central Command’S Role In The Middle East, Margaret S. Busé
The United States Central Command’S Role In The Middle East, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The U.S. CENTCOM humanitarian mine action program provides a successful interaction between US military trainers, the host country, the indigenous community and the non-governmental organizations while ridding the host country of landmines. Their train-the-trainer approach insures that there is an indigenous demining operation in place before U.S. forces exit the country.
The Quantification Of Safety And Risk: A Critical Review, Peter Schoeck
The Quantification Of Safety And Risk: A Critical Review, Peter Schoeck
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
It is shown that the concept "safety factor," as presently used as a criterion for declaring a demined area safe for use, is impractical and should be replaced by its complement, called "risk factor," which stands for the ratio of the size of the mine-polluted portion of a demined field to its total area. An equation expressing the risk as a function of the efficiencies of the demining processes applied is developed. The limitations of applying this equation in the quantification of the risk are then shown by means of a case study. The necessity of an error analysis for …
Iraq, Country Profile
Oman, Country Profile
Egypt, Country Profile
Lebanon, Country Profile
Let's Go About Our Work, Dennis Barlow
Let's Go About Our Work, Dennis Barlow
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The partnerships and spirit which develop within the context of mine action activities sometimes seem almost as important as the remediation of landmines itself.
Israel, Country Profile
Humanitarian Demining In Egypt: A Half-Century Struggle, Timothy Kennedy
Humanitarian Demining In Egypt: A Half-Century Struggle, Timothy Kennedy
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Over the years and with limited resources, Egypt has demonstrated a strong commitment to eradicating the landmine threat through its dedicated Army Corps of Engineers demining campaign. Since 1948, with limited financing and direction, they report clearing approximately 31 percent of the total mined areas and 51 percent of the mines or UXO. These clearance operations have been costly—Egypt expended over $91 million (U.S.) in national funds and lost over 200 deminers. Competing priorities and dwindling financial resources imposed a halt to active HD operations in 1998. Egypt requested U.S. government HD assistance, and the U.S. Central Command developed a …
Mine Awareness Education In The Republic Of Yemen, Aisha Saeed Nalya
Mine Awareness Education In The Republic Of Yemen, Aisha Saeed Nalya
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Republic of Yemen is situated on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula between the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. It is a country of beautiful scenes and architecture. The Republic of Yemen has 17 million people and is growing at a rate of 3.7 percent annually.
A Soldier’S Diary Of Desert Storm, Darin Buse
A Soldier’S Diary Of Desert Storm, Darin Buse
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
To say the mood was celebratory would be an understatement. As the last few thin-skinned vehicles crossed back through the burm that only days earlier had been breached, a shower of tracer fire and flares pierced the evening sky. The once neat file of Bradley fighting vehicles, 113 track vehicles, M1 Abrams tanks, trucks and hummvees now mobbed together in the desert just inside the border of Saudi Arabia. As a Psychological Operations Team Sergeant, I had never before been in such company as the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment. I was not prepared to witness the efficiency and overwhelming power …
Syria, Country Profile
Yemen, Country Profile
The Jordanian Humanitarian Demining Program: A Model Of Optimism And Persistence, Jose Saucedo
The Jordanian Humanitarian Demining Program: A Model Of Optimism And Persistence, Jose Saucedo
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Detecting and removing over 300,000 estimated mines in Jordan’s 509 mine fields is a huge but not insurmountable problem. The deliberate clearing process requires courageous patience, a demonstrated quality of Jordan’s highly qualified engineer officers and soldiers. Trained and experienced deminers, outfitted with state-of-the-art protective equipment and using internationally recognized demining techniques and methodologies, form the base of the Royal Corps of Engineers Humanitarian Demining (HD) attack plan. Though many mines are unaccounted for due to erosion, flooding, and accidental detonation, Royal Corps of Engineer HD soldiers have an established perseverance that will prevail.
Background On The Mine/Uxo Problem, Mohamed Ahmen
Background On The Mine/Uxo Problem, Mohamed Ahmen
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Twenty-two years of conflict have left a significant number of unfenced and unmarked mine fields in southern Lebanon, requiring strong coordination between various organizations in order to meet emergency demands.
Red Cross/Red Crescent Mine Action Involvement In The Middle East, Laurence Desvignes
Red Cross/Red Crescent Mine Action Involvement In The Middle East, Laurence Desvignes
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Middle East is an area significantly impacted by landmines, and there is a great need for the spread of mine awareness in mine-affected countries. The Red Cross and Red Crescent are hard at work in the region, attempting to raise mine awareness among the citizens of these nations.
The Landmines Resource Center For Lebanon, Habbouba Aoun
The Landmines Resource Center For Lebanon, Habbouba Aoun
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
After 15 years of war and 22 years of occupation, Lebanon is littered with landmines. The Landmines Resource Center (LMRC) seeks to improve the situation by collecting, analyzing and disseminating related data.
Humanitarian Mine Action In Northern Iraq, Tim Carstairs
Humanitarian Mine Action In Northern Iraq, Tim Carstairs
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Through sustained efforts, the Mines Advisory Group has made significant progress in the demining of war-torn Northern Iraq. Cooperation with local villagers has been a key to their success.
Mine Field Breaching In Desert Storm, Thomas Houlahan
Mine Field Breaching In Desert Storm, Thomas Houlahan
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
During the Gulf War, Iraqi troops laid over seven million mines throughout Kuwait, which resulted in a need for advanced techniques allowing American troops to quickly breach landmine-afflicted areas.
Technology Needs: Mine Clearance In Egypt And Jordan, James Trevelyan
Technology Needs: Mine Clearance In Egypt And Jordan, James Trevelyan
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
I visited Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon in September and October 1999 to learn about mine clearance techniques being used in the Middle East (Trevelyan 2000). This paper summarizes some of my observations and suggestions for further developments.
Npa: Improving Lives In The Middle East And Throughout The World, Cisr Jmu
Npa: Improving Lives In The Middle East And Throughout The World, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
An organization based on human equality, NPA "…endeavors to improve the conditions under which individuals live, and to contribute to a more humane society for all." Accordingly, landmine issues are a fundamental element of their mission. Since 1992, when they entered Cambodia, NPA has been heavily involved in mine clearance throughout the world, becoming one of the world’s largest humanitarian mine clearance organizations and concentrating most of their labors on educating local populations about the dangers of landmines. More recently, they began to focus their efforts in the Middle East and Northern Africa, where they began an extensive program in …
Landmine Impact Survey In The Republic Of Yemen, Qadeem K. Tariq
Landmine Impact Survey In The Republic Of Yemen, Qadeem K. Tariq
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Republic of Yemen is located in the Middle East, bordering Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Gulf of Aden to the south and the Red Sea to the west with an area of 550,000 square kilometers and a population of approximately 15 million. The country is divided into 19 administrative units, called governorates.
Landmines in Yemen were laid as a result of several separate conflicts over a period of about 30 years, starting during the 1962—1975 conflicts between the Republicans and Royalists in the north. In addition, landmines were laid during the 1963—1967 war of …
Israeli Landmine Policy And Related Regional Activity, Ahron Etengoff, Gerald Steinberg
Israeli Landmine Policy And Related Regional Activity, Ahron Etengoff, Gerald Steinberg
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Although the dangers posed by landmines are particularly acute in the Middle East, responses to the Ottawa Convention are limited. Jordan, Sudan, Tunisia and Qatar are State Parties, and Algeria has signed but not ratified the Ottawa Convention. The lack of signatories in the region reflects the continuing conflict and instability as well as the role that mines play in territorial defense.
In Israel, there is significant support for both the concept and effort to abolish landmines, but security considerations and continued warfare outweigh arguments in favor of accession to the Convention. Israel is active in international cooperative programs to …
The Effects Of Landmines On Women In The Middle East, Mary Ruberry
The Effects Of Landmines On Women In The Middle East, Mary Ruberry
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The countries of the Middle East are beset with troubles caused by nature as well as man-made strife. The region is prey to earthquakes, droughts and flooding, and years of conflict have left the region riddled with landmines and UXO. As a result, national economies have suffered, leaving social and medical infrastructure battered and scarred. Regional turmoil has caused the flight of millions of refugees and displaced persons who survive in sparse camps, many for decades.
New International Standards Debut October 1, 2001, Suzanne Fiederlein
New International Standards Debut October 1, 2001, Suzanne Fiederlein
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
On October 1, 2001 the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) officially released twenty-two documents that comprise the initial set of new International Mine Action Standards (IMAS). The standards replace the International Standards for Humanitarian Mine Clearance Operations. The new standards represent the culmination of two years of work to revise and expand the old standards based on changes in practices, procedures and norms that emerged from the continuing operations of mine action programs around the globe.