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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Thirteen on February 05, 2005, 09:36:08 AM

Title: Land Mines and the U.S.
Post by: Thirteen on February 05, 2005, 09:36:08 AM

i just found this little tidbit of info interesting and kind of disturbing:

As of September 2004, 143 countries had ratified or acceded to the antipersonnel mine-ban treaty. These include:

Every country in the Americas except Cuba, Haiti and the United States.

Every member of the European Union except Finland, Latvia and Poland.

All sub-Saharan African countries except Somalia.

http://www.stoplandmines.org/slm/index.html

Title: Re: Land Mines and the U.S.
Post by: white Boy on February 05, 2005, 09:52:28 AM

mines is some scary shit

Title: Re: Land Mines and the U.S.
Post by: Thirteen on February 05, 2005, 10:03:28 AM

yep, they can stay around for decades after they've been planted...i couldn't imagine just walking through a place then all of a sudden i'm on the ground looking at my legs or worse

Title: Re: Land Mines and the U.S.
Post by: Don Rizzle on February 06, 2005, 03:02:48 AM

yesterday 2 children were killed in iraq by american landmines