Apparently land mines planted during fighting in the Balkans are now moving across borders due to flooding in the Balkans. You can read this article for more information. Nasty little boogers these landmines. I do not believe that treaties that attempt to ban them and other munitions are well thought out, nor do I believe most of those treaties and agreements to be enforceable in any meaningful way. These thoughts, on my part, do not change the facts that thousands of innocent people die each year from contact with landmines. For my two cents, hats off to the "landmine chasers" out there, people who will risk their own life and limb to go out and mark landmine fields and seek out landmines along paths, roads, and trails in former war zones are probably crazy, but they are also heroes.
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