The Directorate for Mine Action/Planning and Information Department organized the third training workshop for the period from 4-8 July for EOD detachments of Civil Defense working in (Babylon, Karbala’a, Al-Najaf, Al-Diwaniya and Wassit) provinces at the HQ of Babylon Civil Defense Directorate.

The Director General of DMA, Eng. Dhafir Mahmood, said that the training workshop, which lasted for five days and was attended by 22 participant, was organized in cooperation with Civil Defense Directorate/EOD Division in the Ministry of Interior and discussed topics related to specialized information in the field of munitions, their dangers, effects, the impact of reference on them and what’s left behind in the dangerous areas.

Mahmood added that the training program of technical workshops includes all EOD detachments throughout Iraq in order to raise the technical level of implemented teams by discussing the important issues in the fields of reconnaissance and principles of field investigation on evidence related to search for munitions, assessment of armament cases, risks and impact