| The
use of landmines around the world has decreased in 2005. But Burma,
Nepal and Russia deserve strong condemnation as the governments that
continued to lay antipersonnel mines in 2005.
Today
rebel forces, rather than government troops, are the primary users of antipersonnel
mines. Rebel forces were reported to have used antipersonnel mines (or
mine-like improvised explosive devices) in 13 countries, compared to 16
countries in the previous Landmine Monitor report. Rebel landmine use
was especially widespread in Burma, Colombia and Nepal. |
