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03/25/2004 Archived Entry: "Kabul's mines turned into stove tops"

Posted by steve @ 03:40 PM EST [Link]

COOL STORY OF THE DAY: Workers in Kabul today melted the last of Afghanistan's known stock of landmines and recast them into iron grills for wood burning stoves.

"The original idea was to make coins but when I came out here I saw that might require a bit too much finesse," said Maj. Steve Kelly, the Canadian project officer for the International Assistance Security Force.

"To be able to take landmines and do anything useful with them is a good symbol to show the Afghan people are tired of the implements of war."

Only Canadians could turn the weapons of war into barbecues!

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