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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California

May 7, 2006

An American explosives ordnance disposal officer and his Iraqi counterpart discuss tactics and techniques at Camp Habbiniyah, May 7, 2006 while developing an EOD company in the Iraqi Army?s 1st Division,. The 1st Marine Logistics Group?s EOD Company here stays busy responding to 15 ? 25 calls daily, in addition to training the Iraqis, who have already received three months of training from American contractors who taught them basic unexploded ordnance and explosive remnants of war reduction, cache disposal and minefield operations. The Americans are helping the Iraqis refine the skills they need to negate the threat after Coalition Forces leave, said Jeremy, a Navy EOD officer. The Iraqi Bomb Disposal Company is currently working with the Americans to clean up an ammunition supply point (ASP) last used by Saddam Hussein?s regime. Mortars, rockets and various other munitions were strewn about when the bunkers were bombed in the initial invasion. Acres of twisted, rusty metal peppered with live munitions are all that remain. The ordnance must be cleared from the area to make the ASP safe again for future use.

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