<p dir="ltr">Thanks Chuck. Tharoor is a fascinating WP writer to read. Unsure where he'll pop up next ★</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 5, 2015 1:48 AM, "Chuck Searcy" <<a href="mailto:chuckusvn@gmail.com">chuckusvn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000">This Washington Post article by Ishaan Tharoor published on February 16, 2015, looks back at the U.S. military's use of "barrel bombs" in Vietnam, as context for the continuing coverage of allegations that the Syrian government has used barrel bombs on the country's civilian population.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000">The digital graphic embedded in the article, created by Mother Jones magazine, is a map of Laos which displays in rapid sequence the chronological impact of U.S. bombing campaigns from 1965 to 1973. It has been circulated to the Landmines Working Group before. The visual impact is quite powerful. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000">I wonder what it would take to create such a map of the bombing history in Vietnam?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000">CS</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><h1 style="font-family:FranklinITCProBold,HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue Light','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0.45em;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:52px;color:rgb(42,42,42)"><font size="6">When the U.S. dropped barrel bombs in war</font></h1></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/16/when-the-u-s-dropped-barrel-bombs-in-war/" target="_blank"><font size="4">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/02/16/when-the-u-s-dropped-barrel-bombs-in-war/</font></a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>=========================================</b></span></font></div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>CHUCK SEARCY</b></span></font><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>International Advisor, Project RENEW</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>Tư Vấn Viên Quốc tế, Dự án RENEW</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>Vice President, Veterans For Peace Chapter 160</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>Phó chủ tịch, Cưu Chiến Binh vì Hoà Bình Chương 160 (Hòa Bình)</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>Co-Chair, NGO Agent Orange Working Group</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>Đồng Chủ tịch, Nhóm làm việc Phi chính phủ về Chất độc da cam</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>71 Trần Quốc Toản, Hà Nội, Việt Nam</b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>US <a href="tel:%2B1%20404%20740%200653" value="+14047400653" target="_blank">+1 404 740 0653</a><br></b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>VN <a href="tel:%2B8%20490%20342%200769" value="+84903420769" target="_blank">+8 490 342 0769</a></b></span></font></div><div><b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10px">Sk chucksearcy</b><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>E <a href="mailto:chuckusvn@gmail.com" target="_blank">chuckusvn@gmail.com</a></b></span></font></div><div><b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10px">W </b><b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10px"><a href="http://veteransforpeace.org/" target="_blank">www.landmines.org.vn</a></b><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>W <a href="http://veteransforpeace.org" target="_blank">http://veteransforpeace.org</a></b></span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b>W <a href="http://vfp-vn.ning.com/" target="_blank">http://vfp-vn.ning.com/</a></b></span></font></div><div><b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10px">W </b><b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10px"><a href="http://vfp-vn.ning.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/workinggroups/agentorange</a></b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10px">=========================================</b><font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#990000"><span style="font-size:10px"><b><br></b></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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