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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And western Europe and the Middle East

[–] pandapoo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They're referring to landmines, leftover from that region's wars of the mid-20th century: America's Vietnam & Cambodian war, French-Indochina war, Cambodian civil war, etc.

The legacy of landmines and chemical warfare is still regularly killing, maiming, and causes significant increases in fetal birth defects and other rare illnesses.