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| Ngoun Thy of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre holds the remnants of a cluster submunition. Photograph: Irwin Loy/IPS |
Clearing landmines and unexploded bombs for years has given Cambodia expertise it now shares to help other nations afflicted with similar problems
Tuesday 26 October 2010
Irwin Loy for IPS, part of the Global Development Network
guardian.co.uk
Ngoun Thy shuffled through the darkened room. To the right, mortar shells, lined up in a row. To the left, a spool of aged wiring and a pile of metal.
"Anti-tank mines," he said. The squat, rusting cylinders had been stacked up in a rough pile.
Ngoun, a senior instructor at Cambodia's national training centre for demining operations in central Kampong Chhnang province, walked to the back of the hall. "Oh, these ones," Ngoun said, crouching in a corner. "Bombies."
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"Anti-tank mines," he said. The squat, rusting cylinders had been stacked up in a rough pile.
Ngoun, a senior instructor at Cambodia's national training centre for demining operations in central Kampong Chhnang province, walked to the back of the hall. "Oh, these ones," Ngoun said, crouching in a corner. "Bombies."
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