| Landmine Fact Sheet |
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- Every year 26,000
people are killed or maimed by landmines; that is
1 person every 22 minutes
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- Cost to build and
lay a landmine: $3
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- Cost to remove a
landmine: $1000
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- Countries most
affected by landmines: Angola, Afghanistan,
Cambodia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kuwait,
Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, former Yugoslavia.
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- In the Vietnam War
1/3 of US casualties were caused by landmines.
90% of those landmines were US made or had US
made components.
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- 1 out of every 250
people in Cambodia has been injured by a
landmine.
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- Although Bill
Clinton is opposed to a ban on landmines, Hillary
and Chelsea support one.
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- 1,300 Groups are
active in the International Campaign to Ban
Landmines
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- 126 Countries have
signed a treaty banning the use, production, and
trade of landmines.
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