40 years later, U.S. munitions continue to kill and maim.

[ohio_88]

From Vietnam Net Bridge

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/reports/2009/07/856891/

A DEADLY JOB  
07/07/2009  


“VietNamNet Bridge – In the central province of Quang Tri, a
fierce battlefield in the Vietnam War, not only Mrs. Tam looks
for mines, but many other people. They are living on the war’s
remnants and doing a deadly job.”
                           . . . .
“Tam and many other women in her village are doing this
dangerous job. They hunt bombs with a very primitive tool,
which was discovered several years ago by bomb hunters. A
battery-fueled induction set tied to a stick or something
else. An earphone is connected to the inductor so the user
will hear a sound if the inductor discovers metal”
                           . . . .
“From 1975 to August 2008, the province had 7,016 victims of
bombs and mines, with 2,614 deaths and 4,402 injured people,
including 2,177 children of under 16.”


Quang Tri Province is the Northernmost province in what used
to be called I-Corps, and was the area of many fierce battles
between the Allies and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA).

[indepat]

1. The gift that keeps on giving

::P

[gwashington2650]

2. Indeed

And we haven't bothered paying any reparations.