Another reason to stop smoking
Jan 18th, 2007 by Jinja
Another reason to stop smoking
From Aki Ra‘s landmine museum in Siem Reap: a nasty little guerilla warfare tactic.
Basically, a cigarette with a ball bearing and a small explosive charge.
Leave the remmants of a campfire with some supplies and the soldiers who arrive grab the goodies. One of them lights up and…
Cigarettes. You try to kill them, they try to kill you. Usually not this immediately, though. (Click for larger photo.)
The Landmine Museum is deserving of its own writeup and I hope to get a look at its latest incarnation in February.
While its founder has on occasion gotten criticism for his outspoken advocacy efforts regarding mine clearance, no one can deny he’s pulled many out of the ground, and brought a lot of attention to the topic.
Landmines are dragon’s teeth; patient, violent time capsules seeded into the ground lasting years if not centuries. European countries are still reaping ‘the iron harvest‘ from World War I and II. When the conflicts of the last few decades are beyond living memory, their physical legacy will still be with our grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
