Jeroen wrote:
> At 23:03 5-8-01 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
>
> >First of all, there
> >*aren't* civilians walking around the Korean border - because there is a
> >high likelihood that if you do, you will get shot. The area is
completely
> >closed off as a *war zone*.
>
> <snip>
>
> >According to the Korean Campaign to
> >Ban Landmines, landmine use in Korea has resulted in 1,000 civilians
either
> >killed or injured over 50 years.
>
> Huh? That's odd. The area is completely closed off as a war zone, so no
> civilians can enter that area. Yet 1,000 civilians died or were injured
due
> to the landmines in that area. How can those individuals be killed or
> injured by landmines that are in an area that is completely sealed off,
> making it impossible for said civilians to enter that area?
What's so odd about it? That 50 year span *includes* the Korean War.
Without looking up the figures for the last 45 years, I'd hazard a guess
that the bulk of that 1000 occurred either during or immediately after the
Koran War.
Adam C. Lipscomb
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