Less than 2 weeks ago. another American fell victim to a landmine in Zaire. Marianne Holtz of Seattle. WA. was working for the American Refugee Committee on the Rwanda border doing the highest of missionary and humanitarian work. She was following. really. the precepts of the Bible. of caring for these. the least fortunate of our brothers. She lost both legs. part of her face and today she is on a respirator in a hospital thousands of miles from home fighting for her life from internal injuries. because the vehicle she was riding in was blown apart by a landmine. That is not an isolated incident. Four people have died and r r 20 were injured in two separat .idents in the past 2 months in RwL da where landmines blew up a Red Cross ambulance and a truck filled with refugees. Mr. President. if there were a Red Cross ambulance filled with refugees and humanitarian workers. and a soldier were to fire a weapon at them and blow up that truck. we would say. "What an outrageous thing. Dont they know this is the Red Cross? Dont they know these are noncombatants?" It would be a war crime.
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