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Britain's secret (Kenyan) killing fields

Observer | 01.07.2001 09:50

In north Kenya, the British Army trains with live ammunition - and Masai children are maimed and killed by the ordnance our troops leave behind

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Coincidences

01.07.2001 14:38

The MOD won't even admit liability for this attrocity. They have no fucking business being on Masai lands in the first place far less playing war games with live ammo. Perhaps this unexploded debris is left to litter the plains deliberately. They will disable Africa by any means possible. This proud and noble Nation is being treated worse than scum and we are all culpable for silently watching, and doing nothing! Princess Diana would have been outspoken and visited the stricken region and maimed children...but she's dead.

Kil-a-monjaro


And another thing......

02.07.2001 12:13

....while I'm on the subject, since no-one else in the UK seems to have an opinion...what happened to David Ginola, the UN ambassador for land-mine awareness? I haven't seen him campaigning in Angola recently? Too busy playing football? It's a shame Africans can't play football outdoors, without risking being blown apart. And where's Gerri Haliwell, another goodwill ambassador meant to replace Diana? Too busy promoting herself!

Killing monjaro


Don't expect celebrities to save the world

02.07.2001 18:09

They're too busy smiling on TV and signing autographs.

Diana's ghost


Another coincidence

03.07.2001 09:20

Botswana has the richest diamond deposits in Africa, it also has the most AIDS victims. Isn't this biological ethnic cleansing, for mineral wealth?

Mt. Kenya