Landmines another form of danger in tsunami aftermath

[Barrett808]

KILLINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka International aid workers say the fear of displaced land mines is hampering relief efforts in Sri Lanka.

On one road that was a battlefield during Sri Lanka's 20-year ethnic war, barbed wire and red signs bearing the skull and crossbones warn of a minefield just a few feet away.

But after last weekend's tsunami, wide swaths of earth were scooped away -- leaving muddy depressions where land mines might have been.

Now, one official with the U-N's World Food Program says no one knows where they are.

Munitions experts say no one has been hurt by displaced mines. And one aid group is urging relief workers not to be deterred, saying starvation and disease are a greater danger.

Thousands of mines were planted during Sri Lanka's civil war, which began in 1983.

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[DS1]

1. MMm, Boggle, the Outdoors Landmine version

Scary stuff

[Wilms]

2. I hate land mines.

:grr:

<http://www.itvs.org/bombies/story.html>

<http://www.landmines.org/>

[yinkaafrica]

3. These good people just cannot get a break

[goforit]

4. Where were those landmines made? USA?

[Danmel]

5. Another treaty we wouldn't sign

How can you oppose banning land mines? The world really sucks these days.