Sentence examples for mined field from inspiring English sources

The harsh reality of the war's lethal legacy was brought home to Danny Glover when he donned his blue de-mining vest and visor and walked through a heavily mined field just 10 km down the road.

Four hundred meters away, across a heavily mined field of rough grass, shrubs and tall trees sit the Russian-backed separatists.

Oksana recalls the terrifying moments following them getting out of the basement, how she had to walk barefoot through the mined field, in her nightgown, holding the family dog in her arms fearing the mines.

The fact that the problem still exists, although the number of mined fields declines, is proved by data showing that the number of mine-related accident did not decrease in 2006; it actually increased drastically.

About 4,500 US marines, 1,500 Afghan troops and 300 US soldiers are taking part in the offensive on the town, which is surrounded by a treacherous network of canals and heavily mined fields and roads.

Moving south through heavily mined fields and hills, the ceasefire line is dotted with Israeli military bases and zones, and carcasses of tanks from past battles, until it meets the border with Jordan.

In Afghanistan, one of the most heavily mined countries in the world, more than 100 specially trained dogs have been clearing mine fields over the last decade.

"Mines were floated by the floods and washed out of known mine fields, so now we don't know where they are and the warning signs on mined areas have been swept away or destroyed," he said, speaking from the UNICEF office in Colombo.

One army commander here said the mined area extended roughly one and a quarter miles deep.

Backtrack your way out of a mined area.

The reclamation of ravaged, strip-mined coal fields can and should be a major employment opportunity for today's miners and their children; we need to use the funds paid into the Surface Mining Reclamation Act by coal consumers to reclaim abandoned mine sites.