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To: c.horn who wrote (2)	1/8/2001 8:08:44 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 76

You have every right not to sign. Needless to say, my opinion is the polar opposite of yours. It will put our fighting men and women at risk in future conflicts Tens of thousands of innocent people are maimed or killed every year. Do you really believe that tens or hundreds of thousands of our soldiers will be saved in the course of many years by landmines? Looking at how many soldiers have historically been killed by landmines, it would take centuries to reach the numbers of innocent children and cililians being killed or maimed at present. Numbers do not lie. Regards, Brian

To: c.horn who wrote (2)	1/8/2001 8:35:20 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 76

Can you honestly say that 26,000 soldiers per year will be saved by having landmines in place? *********************************** landminesurvivors.org Simply put, landmines are designed to blow up the people who step on them. Unfortunately, they can’t discriminate between soldiers in battle and civilians in peace time. And it’s the landmines left behind after wars that do the most damage. Landmines are weapons of mass-destruction in slow motion. They have killed more people than nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons combined. There are essentially three kinds of landmines (also called anti-personnel landmines): Blast Mines are hand-laid or scattered from the air. When stepped on, the blast can rip off a foot or part of a leg. The upward force also drives debris into the wound which can cause amputation of even more of the limb. Fragmentation Mines are usually surface-laid and are often trip-wire activated. When detonated, the explosion projects hundreds of fragments (similar to a shotgun blast) over a wide area. Directional Mines are similar to fragmentation mines but are designed to project fragments in a predetermined direction. In essence, they are fragmentation mines which can be aimed. Over 400 million landmines have been laid since the beginning of World War II. Today, it is estimated that nearly a quarter of these mines are still alive, laying in wait for victims. It is also estimated that landmines claim 26,000 victims a year. At that rate, innocent victims will still be stepping on landmines 3,000 years from now.**

To: c.horn who wrote (2)	1/10/2001 10:34:43 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 76

Anyone who believes that our military need these repulsive weapons, need only listen to our own Vietnam Veterans: vvaf.org Campaign for a Landmine Free World is a comprehensive program addressing the global landmine crisis: it operates post-conflict rehabilitation clinics and landmine awareness programs around-the-world, it conducts mine impact surveys in landmine-affected nations, it educates the public on the worldwide landmine problem, and works to ensure that the US government will join the Ottawa Convention. How can I help? Post-Conflict Rehabilitation and Landmine Awareness Campaign for a Landmine Free World provides physical rehabilitation services to the innocent victims of war in post-conflict societies. It operates clinics in Cambodia, Vietnam, El Salvador, Angola and Sierra Leone. In addition to these physical rehabilitation programs, Campaign for a Landmine Free World began mine awareness and victims' assistance programs for the people of Kosovo in 1999. Global Surveys and Landmine Removal Campaign for a Landmine Free World leads an international consortium conducting mine impact surveys, the first step in a comprehensive mine clearance program. We coordinate an unprecedented global effort to catalog and analyze the precise social and economic impacts caused by landmines and to support the enhanced effectiveness of mine clearance, mine awareness and victim assistance activities. Public Awareness and Education Campaign for a Landmine Free World is working closely with the American government to ensure that the United States joins the Ottawa Convention banning the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of antipersonnel landmines. As the co-founder of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize-winning landmine campaign - our organization is acknowledged as the leader in the worldwide effort to eradicate this terrible weapon. Our "Concerts for a Landmine Free World" series takes the issue of landmines directly to the American public - with a schedule of musical events that feature some of America's most well-known singer-songwriters: Emmylou Harris, Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, Bruce Cockburn, Nanci Griffith and many others.