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80,000,000 Bombs in Laos: A Conversation with Sera Koulabdara of "Legacies of War" (G&R 118)
In this episode, Bob had a conversation with Executive Director Sera Koulabdara (@SeraKoulabdara) of "Legacies of War" about the 50+ year crisis of unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in Laos. Scott was away on assignment.
At the same time as it was attacking Vietnam, the U.S. conducted a "secret war" against Laos through the air, dropping 2 million tons of bombs as part of its "sideshow" to the main war against the Vietnamese Revolution. Included in that massive campaign were 270,000,000 cluster bombs, smaller bombs--about baseball-sized--or "bomblets" that often did not detonate. So today, decades…
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