Sgt Acarnley, from Riding Mill, a bomb disposal officer with 11 EOD Regiment The Royal Logistics Corps, was called when a Danish vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in June.

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Mr. Jefferson has intimate personal experience with landmines, both by virtue of his service as a bomb disposal officer in the British army and while working on behalf of various humanitarian organizations.

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With coalition help, Iraqis have established schools for the Iraqi military services, an Iraqi military academy, a non-commissioned officer academy, a military police school, a bomb disposal school and NATO has established an Iraqi Joint Staff College.

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