25% Of Wold's Unexploded Mines Are In Iraq

Twenty-five percent of the world's unexploded land mines are buried in Iraq, making it one of the most contaminated countries, the environment ministry said Tuesday. More than 20 million mines are scattered in the war-plagued nation, deputy environment minister Kamal Hussein Latif said. "That has become a heavy legacy on the country that hobbles its economy and health," Latif told assorted  reporters in Baghdad.