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Second World War belligerents left behind up to 15 mn landmines<\/strong> that continue to litter Egypt\u2019s North Coast to this day, writes Peter Schwartzstein for the Daily Beast<\/a>. Italian expert and president of the Italian Society for Military Geology and Geography (SIGGMI) Aldino Bondesan and his colleagues have been able to identify every single Italian and German emplacement right down to company level\u2014and some to platoon level. By matching satellite imagery with markings on Afrika Korps maps, they\u2019ve pinpointed up to 30k defensive positions. With the aid of a series of WWII maps handed over by the British Embassy, former head of Egypt\u2019s land mine clearance unit Fathy El Shazly had previously said finding the battlefield positions will help find most of the mines. Here\u2019s to hoping all of the mines are cleared before work begins on building the nuclear power plant in Daba\u2019a.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Second World War belligerents left behind up to 15 mn landmines that continue to litter Egypt\u2019s North Coast to this day, writes Peter Schwartzstein for the Daily Beast. 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