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Dec 29th, 2005, 02:23 PM
US now pro land mines
US No Longer Promoting Landmine Abolition
By Haider Rizvi
OneWorld.net
Wednesday 28 December 2005
United Nations - In 1994, the United States was the first nation to call for the elimination of landmines that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of innocent people around the world.
But that was then. Today, Washington not only stands in opposition to an international treaty that bans the use and production of antipersonnel landmines, but intends to make new ones too.
In reversal of its earlier policy, the U.S. is reportedly planning to produce a new generation of landmines called "Spider" by March 2007, a move that has alarmed civil society groups campaigning for a global ban on the use and production of landmines for years.
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