1-ton WWII-era bomb discovered near Marseille port

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7. and 70 million of them are in Laos

This is a documentary about the illegal US bombing of Laos for nine years during the Vietnam war. Americans bombed the living hell out of the country by dropping a quarter of a billion bombs on it and 30% did not detonate. There are still 70 million bombs lying in the ground, on the ground, in trees, etc. that are killing hundreds of people every year, for the past 30-40 years.

Small, impoverished and landlocked, Laos usually receives less attention than its Southeast Asian neighbors. Yet in one unfortunate aspect, Laos stands out: it has the distinction of being the most bombed country in history.

More than three decades following the end of conflict, Laos is still dealing with the residual effects of its violent past. Land mines and other unexploded ordnance dot the Laotian landscape and threaten the lives of the the country's people, the majority of whom reside in the countryside.

http://vimeo.com/25923268