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more mines for afghanistanmackswell23 writes: " Apparently the US has decided that there are not enough land mines in Afghanistan. Better drop some more to be sure. See the Human Rights Watch alert below, and also see the New York Times article that HRW refers to at http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/11/international/as ia/11MILI.html?searchpv=past7days The relevant passage states that "The attacks involved about 10 B-52 and B-1 bombers, which took off from the island of Diego Garcia. They dropped "area munitions," including CBU-89 Gators, which are 1,000-pound "cluster bombs." Of course the Times gives no indication that these (Of course, this makes the murder of 4 of those responsible for mine clean-up in Afghanistan (the first reported casualties, if you all remember) a very appropriate and poetic and unsurprising convenience.)" |
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