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Pastimes : Ban Landmines! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (35)	1/8/2001 9:27:41 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 76

Uncleared landmines hinder a country's ability to rebuild a post-war economy. The deliberate mining and booby trapping of bridges, roads, irrigation channels, electricity networks and railways requires extensive mine clearance as a precondition to reconstruction and rehabilitation of a country's economy. If the mines remain, and the infrastructure stays idle, then an economic dislocation occurs which, in turn, will exacerbate local problems making countries even more dependent on foreign humanitarian aid.