2015 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 18:42:03 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: Vietnam UXO death toll
 
After Decades after war, Vietnam and the US battle a legacy of bombs

By Reuters 
March 5, 2015

TRIEU PHONG: Red skull-and-crossbones markers dot the horizon in a barren patch of land in Vietnam where missteps could be fatal. 

The signs warn of landmines and bombs, the legacy of a war with the United States that claims casualties even today, four decades after hostilities ceased in 1975. 

Unexploded ordnance (UXO) has since killed 42,000 people and wounded 62,000 in Vietnam, according to official data. Three in every 10 casualties were children. 

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For the entire article, see
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/after-decades-after-war-vietnam-and-the-us-battle-a-legacy-of-bombs/articleshow/46466472.cms

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
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