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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report was written by Bonnie Docherty, researcher, and Marc E. Garlasco, senior military analyst, both in the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch. Field research was conducted by Reuben E. Brigety, II, then researcher in the Arms Division, Bonnie Docherty, and Marc E. Garlasco. Olivier Bercault, counsel, Peter Bouckaert, senior emergencies researcher, Sasha Petrov, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia Division, and Sam Zia-Zarifi, deputy director of the Asia Division, provided research and logistical support. `Abd al-Razzaq al-Sa`idi, consultant for the Arms Division, provided additional research. The report was reviewed and edited by Stephen Goose, executive director of the Arms Division, Iain Levine, program director of Human Rights Watch, James Ross, senior legal advisor of Human Rights Watch, and Wilder Tayler, legal and policy director of Human Rights Watch. Matthew Klag, research assistant for the Arms Division, and Najiyah Alwazir, Nesma Farahat, and Brian Truss, interns for the Arms Division, provided research and translation assistance. Mohamed Abdel Dayem, associate with the Middle East and North Africa Division, provided transliteration services. Jamila Homayun and Carly Tubbs, associates with the Arms Division, provided research and production assistance. John Emerson, web advocate for Human Rights Watch, provided assistance with the maps and satellite images. Veronica Matushaj, photo editor and associate director of Creative Services for Human Rights Watch, provided assistance with the photographs. Andrea Holley, publications director for Human Rights Watch, and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager, made possible the production of this report.

We owe special thanks to Matthew McKinzie of the Natural Resources Defense Council,whoproduced the maps in this report for Human Rights Watch, and Space Imaging, which provided the satellite images.

Human Rights Watch would also like to thank all the individuals in Iraq, the United States, and United Kingdom who provided information or testimony for this report, and in particular the medical community of Iraq for open access to hospital records and for facilitating visits with civilian victims. Additional thanks go to Marla Ruzicka of CIVIC and the U.N. Mine Action Coordination Team.

Finally, Human Rights Watch would like to express its appreciation for the financial support of the ACT Netherlands, Ruth McLean Bowers Foundation, J.M. Kaplan Fund, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Stichting Novib, Oak Foundation, Overbrook Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, David Brown, co-chair of the Arms Division Advisory Committee, and the many individuals who contributed to Human Rights Watch’s Iraq emergency fund.