What's more, retired U.S. military commanders dispute the military necessity of AP landmine use. In September 2001, eight retired senior commanders including Lt. General James Hollingsworth, a former commander of troops in Korea, urged President Bush to join the Mine Ban Treaty for military reasons.
In a letter to President Bush, they wrote: "Several of us are former commanders of elements of I-Corps (the joint U.S. and South Korean force), and believe that antipersonnel mines are not in any way critical or decisive in maintaining the peninsula's security."
To learn more about landmines in South Korea, please read:
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M62105493626151310955&iEvent=17481
Landmine Survivors Network: “Survivors Helping Survivors- Everybody needs a little help from friends.”;
http://www.landminesurvivors.org/index.php
Landmine Action: The Campaign Against Landmines;
http://www.landmineaction.org/default.asp
Diana: The Work Continues;
http://www.theworkcontinues.org/default.htm
Index on Landmines:
http://www.icbl.org/index
For Information on the Treaty:
http://www.icbl.org/index/text/Mine_Ban_Treaty
Adopt-A-Minefield – at the top of our Links section or:
http://www.landmines.org
In a letter to President Bush, they wrote: "Several of us are former commanders of elements of I-Corps (the joint U.S. and South Korean force), and believe that antipersonnel mines are not in any way critical or decisive in maintaining the peninsula's security."
To learn more about landmines in South Korea, please read:
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M62105493626151310955&iEvent=17481
Landmine Survivors Network: “Survivors Helping Survivors- Everybody needs a little help from friends.”;
http://www.landminesurvivors.org/index.php
Landmine Action: The Campaign Against Landmines;
http://www.landmineaction.org/default.asp
Diana: The Work Continues;
http://www.theworkcontinues.org/default.htm
Index on Landmines:
http://www.icbl.org/index
For Information on the Treaty:
http://www.icbl.org/index/text/Mine_Ban_Treaty
Adopt-A-Minefield – at the top of our Links section or:
http://www.landmines.org