I stayed near Dubrovnik in the summer of 2005. There was a wildfire burning on on the hills behind us.

The fire traversed the hillside, and every hour or two a landmine would explode.

This was ten years after the war.

segmondy 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

10 years is a long time, but 10 years after a war is not a long time. Damages to building still remains, mines and plenty of unexploded ordinances will remain, and psychological scars are still very strong.

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sensanaty an hour ago | parent [-]

Yep, the city center in Belgrade still has dilapidated, bombed buildings, 26 years after the bombs fell.

	▲	pmontra 40 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We had some buildings like that in the center of Milan. I think that the last one has been restored in the late 90s.

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krater23 25 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds like the cheapest way to remove mines from land.