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THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES: THEORY AND PRACTICE, V.79, # 1, 2022, pp. 4-19

From Table. 2, we see that there is a discrepancy in the percentage of polluted areas
relative to the total area of the governorates, as this disparity ranged (0.02%-6.65%),
which indicates that there are governorates affected more than others in the polluted
areas caused by the presence of various types of contamination represented In (MF,
CM, ERW, BAC, IED), we see that contamination rates are high in governorates of
economic importance to Iraq, including Basra governorate, where the area of
contamination constituted (6.65%) relative to the total area of the governorate, as
well as the case in Babel governorate, which formed an area Contamination is
(6.22%) relative to the total area of the governorate, and Diyala governorate
constituted (2.03%) relative to the total area of the governorate, which requires an
increase in all national and international efforts to get rid of war remnants resulting
from previous and new wars in order for the Iraqi economy to flourish.

The following are pictures of the Iraqi Organization for the Removal of Mines and
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), (Iraqi Mine UXO Clearance Organization) (IMCO),
showing the economic effects of explosive ordnance in Iraq:

Mines spread near electric power transmission towers

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