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Here in Israel the Golan Heights are just filled with Syrian land mines from 50 years ago or more (Israeli mines too, but at least the army has the maps for the

Here in Israel the Golan Heights are just filled with Syrian land mines from 50 years ago or more (Israeli mines too, but at least the army has the maps for them). Sometimes a cow blows up or worse. The sad thing is that they get more, not less, dangerous over time. The reason is that they drift inside the terrain over the decades and they can get even in areas that were thought to be clear. In fact putting a landmine is my pet example for something that is easy to do and terribly difficult to undo.

foobarian 5y ago
The film "A Perfect Day" [1] revolves around the Bosnian war zones, and one of the more interesting characters is an old grandma who walks her cow in front, and then steps exactly where the cow stepped for reasons you can probably guess. Lots of dark humor but the whole thing is a pretty sad affair unfortunately. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Perfect_Day_(2015_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Perfect_Day_(2015_film)
slapfrog 5y ago
> (Israeli mines too, but at least the army has the maps for them). > they drift inside the terrain over the decades and they can get even in areas that were thought to be clear. Hmm.