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GiveMeFreedom

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3. land mines, worst of the worst

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Sun Mar 18, 2012, 12:32 PM

Mar 2012

Around every 22 minutes 1 person somewhere
in the world is killed or injured by a landmine.

Today there are an estimated 110 million anti-personnel mines in the ground around the world and another 100 million in stockpiles. Between 5 and 10 million more mines are produced each year.

Mines recognise no cease-fire and long after the fighting has stopped they continue to maim and kill.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~pictim/mines/history/history.html

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