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International Mine Awareness Day: US Advocacy Groups Call on White House to Sign Ban

• 4 April 2012 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, United States of America, USA
Tags: Afghanistan, antipersonnel landmines, European Union, Firoz Ali Alizada, human impact, Human Rights Watch, International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, Iraq, Landmine Ban, landmine survivors, landmines, Lend Your Leg, Mine Awareness Day, Mine Ban Treaty, mines, NATO, Obama, Ottawa Convention, Steve Goose, survivor, Syria, The Ripple Effect, US, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA, Zach Hudson

Ban Autonomous Armed Robots!

• 6 March 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted in Iraq, Israel, South Korea, United States of America, USA
Tags: ICRC, Iraq, Thomas Nash, Matthew Bolton, Israel, Gaza, South Korea, international humanitarian law, International Committee of the Red Cross, Article 36, Robotics, Autonomy, Autonomous Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Information Revolution, Revolution in Military Affairs, Robotic Weapons, Killer Robots, Digital Warfare, Cyber-Warfare, ICRAC, International Committee for Robot Arms Control, Noel Sharkey, Peter Asaro, Robert Sparrow, Jurgen Altman, Gary Marchant, Ronald Arkin, PW Singer, Brookings Institution, insurgency, US Air Force, UAV, Unmanned Arial Vehicle, Drone, Richard Moyes, Wired, Noah Shachtman, Wired for War

Laos Ratifies Cluster Munition Convention

• 26 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Ireland, Laos, Norway, Sierra Leone, United States of America, Vatican
Tags: civilian casualties, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Coalition, Cluster Munitions Convention, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Holy See, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Ireland, Lao PDR, Laos, Mennonite Central Committee, Plain of Jars, Sierra Leone, Steve Goose, UN, US Information Service, USA, UXO, Vatican, Vietnam War, Xieng Khouang

US Bans Export of Nearly All Cluster Munitions!

• 12 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in United States of America, USA
Tags: cluster bombs, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munition export ban, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, NATO, Obama, omnibus, Steve Goose, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA, USCBL, Western Sahara

HRW: ‘Middle East and North Africa Should Join Cluster Bomb Ban’

• 26 January 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Tags: cluster bombs, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, North Africa, Sarah Leah Whitson, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Western Sahara

Bosnia to Withdraw Deminers from Iraq

• 27 November 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Bosnia, Iraq
Tags: Bosnia, Demining, Iraq, landmines, military demining

Time for a New US Mine Action Agenda

• 2 November 2008 • 6 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized, USA
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CCW Explosive Remnants of War, Cindy McCain, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Convention on Conventional Weapons, Demining, Department of Defense, HALO Trust, Iraq, John McCain, landmines, Leahy War Victims Fund, Mine Ban Treaty, Ottawa Convention, State Department, US, USAID, UXO, WRA

US State Dept. Quick Reaction Force Contract Awarded to DynCorp

• 2 October 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in General
Tags: Commercial companies, commercial demining, DynCorp, Iraq, Mozambique, Quick Reaction Demining Force, Quick Reaction Force, RONCO, Sri Lanka, State Department, Sudan, US State Department, WRA

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