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Ban Landmines!
An SI Board Since January 2001
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Emcee:  Proud_Infidel Type:  Unmoderated
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26There is a landmine crisis. According to the State Department of the USA, landmProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
25The countries most contaminated by landmines are located in the developing worlProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
24The United States is the largest donor country to mine action in the world.Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
23Landmines have killed more people than nuclear, chemical and biological weapons Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
22Email all of Congress with ONE email: mailblasterdot.comProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
21Other countries besides the USA which have not signed the landmine treaty: Iraq,Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
20Landmine Statistics couresty of: oneworld.orgProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
19Each prosthetic costs around US $3000 per amputee in developing countries. For tProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
18Victims need twice as many blood transfusions as people injured by bullets or frProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
17De-mining is very dangerous. One accident occurs for every 1-2,000 mines removedProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
16For every one hour spent in sowing mines, over 100 hours are spent de-mining.Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
15Mines can cost as little as $3 to make and over $1000 to clear.Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
14Mines are being laid 25 times faster than they are being cleared.Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
13Most minefields are unmarked because the signs have disintergrated or been cut dProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
12Half of all adults who stand on a mine die before they reach hospital. Children,Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
11300,000 children are severely disabled because of mines.Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
10Over 1 million people have been killed or maimed by anti-personnel mines since 1Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
970 people are killed or injured every day by landmines. That's one person evProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
8There are 100 million landmines stockpiled around the world.Proud_Infidel-1/8/2001
7110 million landmines lie in the ground on every continent. It will cost $33 bilProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
6Landmine Factoid: Less than 10% of mine victims have access to proper medical aiProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
5Can you honestly say that 26,000 soldiers per year will be saved by having landmProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
4icbl.orgProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
3You have every right not to sign. Needless to say, my opinion is the polar oppProud_Infidel-1/8/2001
2<i>Believe it or not, the United States is one of the holdouts in signing c.horn-1/8/2001
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