Angola 2006 - Page #2

Original bell from 1974 still being used Liked the braids on the girls Start of burnt out military hardware past Menongue
Minefields outside Menongue. The area was heavily mined post 1992. By UNITA to keep the MPLA and civilians in the city (part of their strategy to starve them out) and the inner ring by the MPLA to keep UNITA out. People living in the minefields. Even the waterholes are mined The UN has estimated that a landmine which costs $3 to purchase costs between $200 and $1,000 to clear. <a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/142895.stm' target='_blank'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/142895.stm</a> People actually washing amongst the mines.
nice pic. 30-40% of the victims of landmines are children under the age of 15. Angola is the most mined country in the world, with approximately 15 million uncleared landmines. More than 30,000 Angolans have had limbs amputated as a result of mine explosions. Curse of mines.<br> Join the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Visit <a href='http://www.icbl.org/' target='_blank'>http://www.icbl.org/</a> On to Cuito... Old Portuguese signposts Russian helicopter gunship at Longa
Come in Goose, this is Maverick Main airfield at Longa. Was a major supply station in the 88 war Start of the Highway of Death. Not potholes but mine explosions.
Road of Death bending into Cuito Beacon of hope - the new school in the background and old school in foreground. All Angolans including adults go to school Ian and Judy Ammunition convoy that was attacked. Unexploded ordanance still visible. AK shells

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