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dArKeR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 12:10 AM
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Woman maimed by mine while collecting food
Ziguinchor - A woman had to have her left leg amputated after she stepped on a landmine in southern Senegal's Casamance region, hospital sources said.

The woman had left the village of Mpack, 18km outside Casamance's main city Ziguinchor, to collect cashew nuts in the bush, the sources said.

http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1083152700736B252&set_id=1

1. Where was this landmine made?
2. Bush, the moral Christian? Did God speak to Bush and tell him to keep planting mines which mostly poor children and women step on? 'Praise Jesus', Bush said!


U.S.: Bush Administration Abandons Landmine Ban
Reversal Means U.S. Can Use Mines Indefinitely, Anywhere
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/02/27/usint7684.htm
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Crucible Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 12:31 AM
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1. Anti-personnel Mines
I wonder if that treaty would stop Iraqi's from using roadside IED mines against our boys and girls in Iraq? The US military is developing "Smart Mines" which will automatically defuse after a given amount of time. Learn the facts, use a little wisdom, and then make your argument.

"They say I give them Hell,I just tell the truth and they think its Hell" - Harry S. Truman
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Crucible Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 01:41 AM
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2. Harry S. Truman Quote correction
Should Read: "I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell"
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