RE: Different standards of proof was Landmines

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

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> Van: Darryl Shannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Geen
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> Onderwerp: RE: Different standards of proof was Landmines

> >>One of the sources I cited mentions a report (IIRC, from the Army 
> >>Surgeon General or something like that), that says that over a
> >>thousand US soldiers were killed by US mines, and a few thousand US
> >>soldiers were injured by US mines
> >
> >CORRECTION: the number of deaths is lower than I said -- that's what 
> >happens when you rely on a rusty memory...
> 
> 
> But Jeroen, this was during the Korean war.

That is irrelevant. One of the reasons why using landmines is a bad idea is
the fact that soldiers fall victim to their own mines -- whether this
happens during or after a war makes no difference. Injuries won't be less
severe if a soldier gets injured by a mine in peacetime, and the loss to a
family won't be any less if a soldier dies during a war because he stepped
on one of his own country's mines.


Jeroen

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