Originally posted by Boroda:
Toad, butterfly mines were never deliberately used against children. They were usually used to cut off the retreating "dushmans". I don't know about American mines, but Soviet "butterfly" mines self-destructed after some time, to minimize any possible harm for the civilians and our own troops.
Perhaps not deliberately.
Just as the US would not deliberately kill civilian noncombatants?
... remember this that you posted at the top of the thread? "
1.01 means another half-million civilians killed?"
Seems easy to defame the US while defending your side, eh?
None the less, 10 million mines supposedly remain in Afghanistan according to the UN. Right now, in 2001, reports are that there are 88 mine-induced casualties per month there. Main victims? Guess. (Hint: It's not combatants)
People die in war. I'm sure Russia didn't deliberately target the women and children of Afghanistan... and neither does the US.
