Lawmakers propose land mine ban

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Two U.S. senators are proposing a law that would prohibit the procurement of land mines or other victim-activated weapons.

The Victim-activated Land Mine Abolition Act of 2006, proposed by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., would block Pentagon efforts to develop and produce the first new U.S. victim-activated anti-personnel land mines in nearly a decade.

Human Rights Watch said the Pentagon is expected to make a decision soon to produce a munition called "Spider" with a controversial feature that turns it into an anti-personnel mine.

"The United States shouldn't be making and using weapons that can't discriminate between a soldier and a civilian," Steve Goose, director of the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch, said in a release.

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"The United States shouldn't be making and using weapons that can't discriminate between a soldier and a civilian,"

well - apparently they've been doing it all along

The US Military calls them SOLDIERS

sure appears as if they are killing more civilians than "bad" guys in the ME

(sigh)

to see Arlen Specter trying a walk on the wholesome side, if only so briefly.

We've learned we just can't expect much of value from Republicans. It's always such a surprise when one breaks with the swarm and acts like a human being.