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Anti-Personnel Mines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Gérald C. Cauderay
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The problems associated with the use of anti-personnel mines, especially in Cambodia, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Angola, to mention but a few of the countries where they have been deployed in large numbers and in areas where they constitute a threat to civilians long after hostilities have ceased, call for closer examination.

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Anti-Personnel Mines
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 33 , Issue 295 , August 1993 , pp. 273 - 287
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1993

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