More Landmine Figures
The China View on Friday reported a single week's tally for Cambodia: three deaths and eight people seriously injuries in three separate mine explosions.
It is a noble attempt, but can it really work where crops fail and mouths need to be fed?
"According to the Cambodian Red Cross, there were 80 land mine and UXO casualties in January and 131 in February.In a bid to dissuade "a growing number of villages scavenging for bomb refuse to sell as scrap metal", the Interior Ministry plans to pass a law to criminalize for the first time the buying and selling of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and anti-tank mines.
"Cambodia is one of the world's most-heavily mined countries with an estimated 4 to 6 million of the hidden killers buried in its soil."
It is a noble attempt, but can it really work where crops fail and mouths need to be fed?
posted by Unknown at 8:39 PM
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This is a huge problem all over the world. We're very lucky here in the U.S. to not have to deal with it first hand...but we could do so much to help erradicate these horrors. Please come over to http://minefriends.com to find out more.
An interesting site you have there. Thanks for the feedback.
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