http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,584091,
00.html Many unexploded WWII bombs still in Germany: “In the whole of Germany, more than 2,000 tons of American and British aerial bombs and all sorts of munitions ranging from German hand grenades and tank mines to Russian artillery shells are recovered each year.” 09:12
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Deadline Press & Picture Agency (deadlinescotland.wordpress.com):
… of the Royal Navy bomb disposal unit could carry out a controlled explosion in the Firth of Forth yesterday just three miles from Edinburgh. Experts say if the bomb was in such a bad state they were unable to identify whether it was British orGerman. And they have praised the quick-thinking fisherman for his bravery despite the unusual catch. But modest Francis insists it was all in a day’s work. He said: “Maybe I was in shock, but I could see the guts of this thing and knew it was …
FSK's Guide to Reality (fskrealityguide.blogspot.com):
… the answer! I noticed a flaw. If there are *LOTS* of search results, then Google rounds off the answer. A good heuristic to solve this is "Enter a number in Google search. Note the number of results and enter that for the next iteration." I likedthis article, via Hacker News. In Europe, 60+ years after WWII, unexploded bombs are still a serious problem. This also applies in countries where there were minefields. Almost always, the people who lay the mines don't keep track of the exact locations. …
migotanie słów (andsol.blox.pl):
… Ten pan nie jest rybakiem, a niemieckim saperem, który dożył do emerytury. Wiele mówiący zbiorek zdjęć ze Spiegel online jest uzupełnionytekstem(linka do wersji anglojęzycznej), opowiadającym ile zrzucono, czemu nie oczyszczają i czego można się w bliskiej przyszłości spodziewać. A jeśli masz jakiś mały zbędny globusik, zaświń go na czerwono w miejscach gdzie od dawna lepiej nie …
Blog Free Springfield (blogfreespringfield.com):
… have passed on and adversaries have mended fences, the aftermath remains ingrained upon the warring factions’ cultures. And it can be more than a stain on a nation’s psyche, sometimes the killing recurs in real time. I read an interestingarticlein Spiegel Online last week about a man who recently retired from his job defusing bombs that lay dormant in German tundra. The allies dropped an estimated 1.9 million tons of bombs during WWII, many of them delay-action bombs, some of which never …
14 Giants | Weapon of Mass Distraction (www.14giants.com):
… Beneath the picturesque German landscape liethousands of unexploded bombs, each more and more unstable with every passing day. …
TYWKIWDBI (tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com):
… I'm not categorically opposed to war per se, but I do consider cluster bombs, like unretrieved landmines, to be egregiously inappropriate. This video shows why. Also relevant is a story in Der Spiegel this week (auf English) telling of the problem ofunexploded live munitions from WWII still being recoveredduring construction and earthmoving activities in Europe. In Brandenburg alone over 600 TONS of such munitions are recovered every year. ...the state is particularly contaminated with American delay-action bombs which have become so unstable that it …
Mitchieville (www.mitchieville.com):
… bomb disposal experts, will never forget his hairiest moment. It was in 1997 in the eastern town of Oranienburg and he was squatting in a hole in the ground trying to defuse a 250 kilogram American World War II aerial bomb that builders had found. Its detonator was so …
Clancy Road (clancyroad.blogspot.com):
… remains contaminated with unexploded bombs that are becoming increasingly unstable with age, warns one of the country's most experienced bomb defusers. He has just retired after a perilous career spent tackling the deadly legacy of World War II.HERE …
news.beiruter.com | All the Beirut news. (news.beiruter.com):
… of munitions ranging from German hand grenades and tank mines to Russian artillery shells are recovered each year. Barely a week goes by without a city street or motorway being cordoned off or even evacuated in Germany due to an unexploded bomb beingdiscovered …
Bilad ash-Sham بلاد الشام (biladsham.blogspot.com):
… of munitions ranging from German hand grenades and tank mines to Russian artillery shells are recovered each year. Barely a week goes by without a city street or motorway being cordoned off or even evacuated in Germany due to an unexploded bomb beingdiscovered. And we Europeans lecture Israel (and of course we should) Note that the 'fighting' reported is a bomb dropped from a plane (what kind of fight did the women and children mount against the plane?): With public anger running high over civilian …
Portal EcoDebate Cidadania e Meio Ambiente (www.ecodebate.com.br):
… do conflito. Mas eu não entendo por que, depois de todo o sofrimento causado por aquela guerra, outras guerras totalmente sem sentido foram novamente iniciadas várias vezes. As pessoas simplesmente não aprendem”. UNEXPLODED BOMBS IN GERMANYThe Lethal Legacy of World War II …
the Daily Irrelevant (weblog.sinteur.com):
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Spot-On (www.spot-on.com):
… Arts & Letters Daily recommends Beneath the picturesque German landscape lie thousands of unexploded bombs, each more and more unstable with every passing day...moreIn 1885, Czar Alexander III gave the Czarina an astonishing Easter present: an exquisite egg of gold, diamonds, and rubies made by Carl Fabergé... more The array of worst-case natural disasters in the new "Climate Change" exhibit at the American …
alistair.pott (alistairpott.com):
… interesting article …
PenguinSix (penguinsix.com):
… There used to be a show called Danger UXB which told the story of the bomb defusers in the UK fighting the legacy of World War II. But here’s an interesting piece from the German side of things, published today inDer Spiegel …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG (timesonline.typepad.com):
… David Crossland …
The Daily World Affairs Report (thedailyworldaffairsreport.blogspot.com):
… The lethal legacy of WW2 …
Norm (normblog.typepad.com):
… unexploded bombs …