Abstract
Egypt is one of the most heavily mined nations in the world, with estimates ranging from 16.7 to 22 million landmines/pieces of unexploded ordnance, or an estimated one-tenth of the world’s 200 million landmines. Seventeen million landmines and pieces of UXO are estimated to be located in the Western Desert, a result of intense fighting during World War II between Allied and Axis forces at the El- Alamein perimeter. Approximately five million additional landmines were spread across the Sinai Peninsula and Red Sea coasts, largely from the Arabian-Israeli conflicts of 1956, 1957 and 1973. The Egyptian military estimates 19.7 million mines and pieces of UXO still exist, after nearly three million mines/pieces of UXO were cleared between 1983 and 1999, mostly in the Sinai.
Recommended Citation
Profile, Country
(2006)
"Egypt,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 10
:
Iss.
1
, Article 17.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol10/iss1/17
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