Fields of Fire

Fields of Fire As many as one million unexploded cluster bombs litter southern Lebanon following the recent war with Israel. In the first two months after the war ended more than a hundred people have been killed or injured by these munitions.
After Hezbollah soldiers kidnapped two Israeli soldiers, the responding aerial bombardment left villages in ruins. 30% of the bombs dropped over southern Lebanon failed to detonate. "When she dropped it, it exploded", says a 10 year old boy. A girl he was playing with found an unexploded cluster bomb. "My intestines fell out and landed in my hands. I started running, shouting "God is Great". My intestines deflated and I lost my hearing." Miraculously surviving to tell the tale, he spends his time warning other children of the dangers the small bombs pose. Others were not so lucky. A mother can barely bring herself to describe the day she lost both her son and his uncle to roadside cluster bombs: "I remember his cute chubby legs..." she weeps, "That's all I can say". Despite the danger, farmers are reluctant to leave the land that supports their families - choosing to clear the bombs at their own risk. The war's collateral continues to grow at the cost of these civilians.
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