Re: Wat That Phanom / Bombs

good stuff. thanks.
justin

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>Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:19:00 +0600
>From: "navako" <navako@...> 
>Subject: [palistudy] Wat That Phanom / Bombs 
>To: palistudy@yahoogroups.com
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>
>Although it is "off topic", this subject has come up on the
list on two
>separate occasions, so I note the following both "out of
human interest" and
>to close the subject:
>
>I went to the Australian Embassy today to collect the new
map* of aerial
>bombardment, and it affirms (with scientific accuracy) that
the myth that
>the U.S. only bombed "remote mountain/jungle areas" is just
that: a myth.
>
>On the contrary the map shows that the only areas that the
U.S. _didn't_
>bomb were a few "remote mountain/jungle areas" (specifically:
western Bokeo
>province, extreme north of Phongsali province, & west
Sayabouri) --and
>Vientiane Prefecture itself within the Royalist line of control.
>
>Thus, emprically, it is quite possible that Wat That Phanom
was destoyed by
>bombing (or reverberations from bombing) as this map shows
aerial
>bombardment in the Mekong Valley from Bolikhamsai down to
Champasak (and
>beyond to Cambodia, of course).  The bombing along the 17th
parallel was
>quite intense all the way over to (and including) the banks
of the Mekong. 
>There is another dense concentration of aerial bombardment on
the banks of
>the Mekong by the Khammouan-Bolikhamxai border area.
>
>I hope this will put the myth to rest --at least for the
members of this
>list.
>
>One further note of clarification: maps of "UXO distribution"
are not the
>same as maps of "Aerial bombardment" --some areas that were
intensely
>bombarded had relatively low concentrations of UXO because
the U.S. was
>using larger-payload explosives (rather than small,
anti-personnel
>explosives).  Thus, one needs to examine two separate maps to
get a real
>sense of what areas were destroyed.
>
>*This is a "new" map, as it incorporates the information
recently provided
>by the U.S. under Bush's co-operation policy.  Previous maps
were only based
>on ground-level observations, whereas this one incorporates
precise data
>about aerial bombardment.
>
>E.M.
>
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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
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University of California, Riverside
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