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mine warfare, land
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mine warfare, land the strategic, operational, and tactical use of land mines and mine countermeasures.
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Land mines - the lingering problem.(LETTERS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...eradicate the impact of land mines on civilians around the...Commentary column, "Land mine myopia." In his discussion...destructiveness of land mines, Mr. Lefever suggests...United States for keeping land mines in their meager...to remember that land mines ...
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Land mines, cheap and deadly, wreak terror in the Third World. (Technology)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 9/26/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...accord now governing land mines -- Protocol II of the...only the use of land mines, not their availability...vast majority of land-mine use. International negotiations...international ban on land-mine use and production...procurement of antipersonnel mines. The pr
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Land mines great killers of the innocent: the United Nations estimates that up to 110 million mines in 64 countries could explode at a misstep.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/16/1996; 700+ words
; ...Apparently it was not a land mine that killed Sgt. 1st...been. Millions of land mines (reports range from...is a complete ban on land mines, covering production...stockpiling, use or export. Mines are produced and exported...these deadly exports. Mine production is ...
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Banning land mines: what the U.S. can do.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...A DOCUMENTARY film on land mines first aired on British...to take apart a land mine. According to a story...companies still involved in land-mine production. It will...production of land-mine components or aggressively...activist against land mines is ...
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WARS WHERE LAND MINES USED NEVER END.(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/16/1999; 700+ words
; ...Kosovo being killed by land mines as they return to their...that wars where land mines were used never end...learn about the land mine issue in school or at...cooperation on issues of land mine victim assistance and...Campaign to Ban Land Mines, the ...
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Land mines would pose major threat to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, experts say.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/12/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...widespread presence of land mines means that ground raids...The extent of the land mine problem in Afghanistan...last year because of land mines, the International...minefields, Afghanistan mines are often unmarked...to determine where the mines are," said ...
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War against land mines is a multifaceted affair
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/3/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...spent $263 million on removing mines since 1993. Unconventional...have dogs been in sniffing out land mines that the Defense Department...useful not only in detecting land mines but also in verifying that formerly mine-laden areas have been fully...
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Washington's response to the Ottawa Land Mines Process.
Magazine article from: Canadian-American Public Policy; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Canada. The issue of global land mine elimination transcended North...Washington's approach toward land mine elimination in a strictly Canada...relations. I. U.S. LAND MINE POLICY: PRELUDE TO OTTAWA Much effort to restrict land mines, albeit sporadic and less than...
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Church leaders rally against land mines
Magazine article from: Human Events; 3/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...is a campaign to ban land mines through an international...long process of healing lands broken by land mines," said Robert...2006 if alternatives to land mines were developed by then...that the anti-land mine lobby found unacceptable...numerous victims of ...
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Bata Library Presents Living With Land Mines Portrait Exhibition ofYoung Land Mind Survivors from September 10-14; Community Panel Discussion at Trent University on Sept. 12 to Foster Interdisciplinary Understanding of Today's Land Mine Issues.
M2 Presswire; 9/11/2007; 700+ words
; ...Presents Living With Land Mines Portrait Exhibition...of Today's Land Mine Issues(C)1994...serious problem of land mines," said Marisa Scigliano...advancements in land mine detection, and the...living at the Cambodia Land Mine Museum. Along with...children ...
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land mines
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
land mines, see mine warfare .
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land mine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
land mine see mine , in warfare.
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Mines, Land
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Mines, Land. Originally mine warfare consisted...successfully detonated a mine containing 4 tons...1864. Modern land mines may be an encased...rocket systems. Mine warfare is a complicated...relatively inexpensive land mines in Third World countries...
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mine warfare, land
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
mine warfare, land the strategic, operational, and tactical use of land mines and mine countermeasures.
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mine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mine in warfare, term formerly...burned, causing the mine and the wall above it to collapse. Modern mines are encased explosives...electrical impulse. Land mines, equipped with...the use of persistent land mines by 2010 (and before...wide use. Modern naval mines, equipped ...
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