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Post #12,477
by Ashton
10/9/01 3:58:53 PM
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New They were there to clear mines.. {sigh}
Post #12,486
by marlowe
10/9/01 4:33:03 PM
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New Somebody mined the building?
Well, that's new and different.
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Post #12,492
by Ashton
10/9/01 4:52:28 PM
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New Didn't mean that: in Afg. to clear some of the *millions*
of mines laid, forgotten, relaid - as constant internecine fighting has been their lot.. hell - for centuries? Russians I suspect, likely laid the most. Those fleeing across borders are apt to encounter these fields - I imagine we'll be hearing about that as matters "progress"..
Post #12,502
by inthane-chan
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10/9/01 5:25:46 PM
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New Afghanistan has ~20% of the world's mines.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #12,762
by brettj
10/10/01 7:48:30 PM
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New The rumors of this are spreading ...
... especially since members of the Taliban are beating up Afghan UN mine removal workers and taking their trucks. Maybe the Taliban even "painted" the building as a target to implicate the coalition?

Either way, my heart goes out to the innocent victims. Compassionate victims at that.
     Four UN casualties - (marlowe) - (7) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:34:06 PM EDT
         They were there to clear mines.. {sigh} -NT - (Ashton) - (4) - Oct. 9, 2001, 03:58:53 PM EDT
             Somebody mined the building? - (marlowe) - (3) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:33:03 PM EDT
                 Didn't mean that: in Afg. to clear some of the *millions* - (Ashton) - (1) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:52:28 PM EDT
                     Afghanistan has ~20% of the world's mines. -NT - (inthane-chan) - Oct. 9, 2001, 05:25:46 PM EDT
                 The rumors of this are spreading ... - (brettj) - Oct. 10, 2001, 07:48:30 PM EDT
         My Q - Why didn't they leave earlier with other UN workers? -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 9, 2001, 04:26:07 PM EDT
             They were Afgans. Also, happened to be UN employees. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 9, 2001, 07:49:21 PM EDT

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