http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/04/11/landmines-and-cluster-bombs/ Thoughts on the Journey Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:24:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/04/11/landmines-and-cluster-bombs/#comment-32356 adria Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:40:31 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/04/11/landmines-and-cluster-bombs/#comment-32356 Up in the Golan Heights here in Israel there are still hundreds of thousands of land mines from when Jordan pulled out in the 1960s. It's too expensive to try to clean them all up, so they have signs and barbed wire everywhere to mark the minefield. At least one person a year gets careless and crosses the line. It changed my perspective on the issue when I was able to see a minefield up close and understand what kind of damage it does. Nasty things, they are. It is also unfortunate that it's too expensive (and probably too dangerous as well) to take on a task that will save human life and free up land. Up in the Golan Heights here in Israel there are still hundreds of thousands of land mines from when Jordan pulled out in the 1960s. It’s too expensive to try to clean them all up, so they have signs and barbed wire everywhere to mark the minefield. At least one person a year gets careless and crosses the line. It changed my perspective on the issue when I was able to see a minefield up close and understand what kind of damage it does. Nasty things, they are. It is also unfortunate that it’s too expensive (and probably too dangerous as well) to take on a task that will save human life and free up land.

]]> http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/04/11/landmines-and-cluster-bombs/#comment-32355 Jason Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:38:54 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2008/04/11/landmines-and-cluster-bombs/#comment-32355 keep fighting the good cause of awareness with these posts of yours man keep fighting the good cause of awareness with these posts of yours man

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