Anti-weapons Group Says Myanmar Most Active Government in World in Using Land Mines

This is no surprise to us here at Clear Path as demand for prosthetics at the refugee clinics is what inspired us to fund the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot.

Anti-weapons Group Says Myanmar Most Active Government in World in Using Land Mines

2006-09-13

BANGKOK, Thailand- Myanmar's military regime makes more extensive use of land mines than any other government in the world, a group that lobbies against the weapons said Wednesday.

In a global survey published annually, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines said that only three governments in the world use land mines: Nepal, Russia and Myanmar.

Guerrilla groups both allied to and opposed to Myanmar's government also use the explosives, the group said in its annual Landmine Monitor Report.

At least 231 people were killed or injured by land mines in Myanmar in 2005, it said.

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