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Stories of Injured Soldiers
New Jersey, USA, August 24, 2004 (The Bergen Record)
Hero Amputee Soldiers Run on Heart
New York City, USA, July 30, 2004 (New York Post)
Under Desert Sands: The Iraqi landscape is littered with live munitions, waiting to explode.
Furat, Iraq, July/August 2004 (Mother Jones)
Stress Found in Returning Soldiers, Trauma from Iraq, Afghanistan Studied
Milwaukee, WI, Pittsburgh, PA, July 1, 2004 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Civilian truck drivers from Florida, Georgia, killed in Iraq
USA, June 22, 2004 (Associated Press)
Illinois native killed in Iraq
Fairview Heights, IL, June 1, 2004 (Associated Press)
Land Mine Kills N.H. Soldier in Afghanistan
Boston, MA, June 1, 2004 (Boston Globe)
Life and Limb; After Risking Both, A Vet Gives Thanks for Still Having the First
Washington DC, May 9, 2004 (Washington Post)
Iraqis Comb Northern Hills for Unexploded Mines
Grdasoor, Iraq, April 12, 2004 (Reuters)
Marriage prospects, future dim for thousands of Afghan amputees
Kabul, Afghanistan, March 29, 2004 (CP/ CBC Newsonline)
Afghanistan Anti-Mine Group Seeks Funds
Kabul, Afghanistan, March 27, 2004 (Associated Press)
British charity clears a million landmines in Iraq
Boston, MA, March 24, 2004 (USCBL)
Demining Experts Injured
in UN Blast in Iraq; de Mello Mourned

Boston, MA, August 20, 2003 (USCBL)
Iraq War Amputees get New Limbs
and New Life

Washington, March 8, 2004 (Associated Press)
A Marine Is Killed in Iraq by Landmine, and Grief Ripples at Home
New York, NY, July 24 , 2003 (New York Times)
Destruction of Stored Landmines in Afghanistan Helps to End Legacy of Suffering by the Taliban
Kabul, Afghanistan, June 30, 2003 (US Department of State)
Green Bay Reservist Survives Iraqi Land Mine Blast
Green Bay, USA, May 16, 2003 (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
"One of Biggest Loads of Unexploded Ordnance Ever Seen" Threatens Children's Lives in Southern Iraq
Missan Province, Iraq, May 15, 2003 (M2 Presswire)
Afghanistan to Destroy Landmine Stockpiles with UN Support
Kabul, Afghanistan, May 3, 2003 (Xinhua)
Culture — Iraqi Children's Deadly Game
Birmingham, UK, April 15, 2003 (Birmingham Post)
Afghanistan Has Fewer Land Mine Deaths
Kabul, Afghanistan, April 15, 2003 (AP)
Awareness Campaign Against Landmines Launched Across Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan, April 15, 2003 (Xinhua)
Millions of Mines Will Litter Iraq, Expert Says
Rome, Italy, April 7, 2003 (Reuters)
Coalition Rushes to Clear Mines in Iraq
Aboard the USS Ponce, April 1, 2003 (AP)
US Marine Seriously Injured by Landmine In Iraq
Iraq, March 25, 2003 (Yahoo.com News)
Iraqi Use of Antipersonnel Mines Condemned
London, UK, March 21, 2003 (ICBL Press Release)
Coalition Explosives Experts Destroy Weapons Caches in Afghanistan
Bagram, Afghanistan, March 20, 2003 (AP)
Civilian Danger: US is Criticized for its Plans to Use Land Mines with Timers
Boston, USA, March 20, 2003 (Boston Globe)
Australians Soldiers Under Stricter Rules of War Than U.S. Forces
Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2003 (AP)
Early Risk for U.S. Ground Troops: Region's Legacy of Land Mines
Kuwait, Iraq, March 19, 2003 (Wall Street Journal)
Land Mine Critics Fear Iraq Conflict Will Renew Push to Use Weapons
Chicago, USA, January 17, 2003 (Chicago Tribune)
Princess Diana Fund Urges Britain Not to Break Land Mine Treaty in Iraq
London, UK, January 15, 2003 (AP)
Afghan Mine Victims Struggle to Cope
Kabul, Afghanistan, January 5, 2003 (AP)
Afghan Land Mine Injures U.S. Soldier
Kabul, Afghanistan, January 4, 2003 (AP)
Bush Urged to Limit Weapons in Iraq: Human Rights Groups Warn of Harm to Civilians From Land Mines, Cluster Bombs
Washington, Dec. 27, 2002, (Washington Post)
U.S. Set to Use Mines in Iraq
Washington, Dec. 11, 2002, (USA Today)
Landmines and Iraq: Questions and Answers by Human Rights Watch
New York, December 2002, (Human Rights Watch)
Kabul Accepts Treaty Banning Mines
Kabul, Afghanistan, July 28, 2002 (AP)
Afghans Urged to Go Despite Danger
Canberra, Australia, 24 June 02 (The Age)
Land Mines Still Waiting To Explode
Afghanistan, 3 June 02 (Insight Magazine)
Afghans Cavalier about Landmines
BAGRAM, Afghanistan, 11 apr 02 (AP)
American Soldiers Stay on the Beaten Path at Heavily-Mined Bagram Air Base
BAGRAM, Afghanistan, 22 mar 02 (AP)
First Australian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
SYDNEY, Australia, 16 feb 02 (Reuters)
Nations Hope to Remove Afghan Mines
TAMPA, USA, 14 feb 02
Danger Looms in Collecting a War's Explosive Residue
HERAT, Afghanistan, 3 feb 02 (Washington Post)
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Ridding the World of Landmines
24 jan 02 (San Diego Union Tribune) 
$27 Million Pedged for Afghan De-Mining
TOKYO, Japan, 23 jan 02 (Los Angeles Times) 
Afghan's Best Friend: Mine Clearing Dogs: Keen Keen Noses Find Plastic-Shielded Soviet Devices
TOKYO, Afghanistan, 20 jan 02 (Atlantic Journal and Constitution) 
Japan Plans Robot to Hunt Afghan Landmines
KABUL, Japan, 15 jan 02 (Reuters) 
Mines Still Killing, Maiming; Many Afghans Can't Go Home
RABAT, Afghanistan, 9 jan 02 (Dallas Morning News) 
Prosthetics Give Afghan Amputees Hope for Future
KABUL, Afghanistan, 2 jan 02 (USA Today) 

Landmines Litter Afghanistan; Blasts Cripple Thousands
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, 1 jan 02, Sun-Sentinel

Afghanistan: Mine Clearance Crucial for Reconstruction
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The Hidden Enemies
The New York Times, December 18, 2001

Three U.S. Marines Wounded in Afghan Mine Blast
Sunday, December 17, 2001

They Are the Perfect Soldiers
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, December 16, 2001

U.S. Cluster Bombs Add to Afghan Land Mine Tragedy
QARAH BAGH, Afghanistan, Decembe 4, 2001(Reuters)

USCBL Coordinator's on-line interview transcript with www.washingtonpost.com. Topic: landmines and cluster bombs in Afghanistan. Nov. 8, 2001.
10 million mines make foot travel a risky business
Chicago Tribune, October 29, 2001
Cluster Bombs Are New Danger To Mine Clearers
London Times | Stephen Farrell In Peshawar
October 26, 2001
National Public Radio discusses landmines in Afghanistan
Listen to National Public Radio's "The Connection" focus on mines in Afghanistan with Jody Williams and others. October 19, 2001
October 12 USCBL Letter to President Bush urging no deployment of mines in Afghanistan.
International Campaign to Ban Landmines press statements about mines in Afghanistan.
U.S. Missile Kills Four in Afghan Demining Office
Reuters
Tuesday, October 9, 2001
Landmines in Afghanistan
Landmine Monitor Report 2001, (September, 2001)
Landmines, Aging Missles Pose Threat
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, September 25, 2001
From the Field Adopt-A-Minefield's Executive Director Reports on his recent trip to Afghanistan
Mines Advisory Group (MAG) emergency appeal to help protect Afghan refugees from the impact of landmines
September 2001

 

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