Iraq is severely affected by mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) as a result of the 1991 Gulf War, the 1980-1988 Iraq-Iran War, two decades of internal conflict, and even World War Two.

I observed, “A war that fails to ... rich in my case since in 1991 the fun-loving Iraqi secret police had threatened to hang me as an Israeli spy. Invading Iraq would be a disaster for all ...