----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:29 PM Subject: Re: Mines in Afghanistan, was Re: Treatment Of Prisoners
> Russell Chapman schreef: > > > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > >It's probably gonne cost Afganistan 100 million dollars and app. 8 years to > > >clean up most of the landmines left there by opposing groups, and the residue of > > >unexploded American clusterbombs. > > > > > Aren't American cluster bombs brightly coloured and clearly marked (such > > that civilians can be easily taught to avoid them)? > > I realise they are still a huge danger just because they are there - I'm > > just curious if they have been made highly visible. > > As far as I could tell they are bright yellow. But I can imagine that if you are > clearing away rubble from collapsed bomb sites they might be a huge problem. Not sure > about the specifics though. I do know that a lot of effort is put (as has been in the > past) in teaching people how to recognize explosive devices and how to (not) act > around them. Let me put my two cents in about this. The possibility of unexploded cluster bombs killing civilians is a real problem. It is the responsibility of the United States to make a strong concerted effort to have these unexploded bombs destroyed or otherwise removed, so they no longer present a danger. I would both be surprised and upset if we didn't clean up after ourselves Indeed, I would expect the United States to help Afganistan remove mine that the US is not responsible for laying. Dan M.
