Links:

http://projectpineapple.blogspot.com/
Blog for Project Pineapple

Aljazeera is one of the few media outlets that discusses seriously the Cluster Bomb issue, The Legacy of War.
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/101east/2007/08/20085251944595376.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/onwar/2008/12/20081222131646681236.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/onwar/2009/01/2009120142021640152.html

www.copelaos.org
COPE is the National Rehabilitation Center in Vientiane providing orthotic/prosthetic devices and wheelchairs/tricycles to victims.

www.phoenixclearanceltd.com/laos.html
very active UXO clearance company, gets things done

http://www.uxolao.org
The Lao Government established the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme (UXO Lao) with the support of UNDP, UNICEF, and other stakeholders through Prime Minister�s Decree Number 49, dated 13 February 1996.

http://www.maginternational.org/laopdr/
MAG (Mines Advisory Group) is a neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants of conflict for the benefit of communities worldwide.

www.mineaction.org/country.asp?c=15
UN background information on Laos UXOs

http://www.handicap-international.fr/en/our-fight-against-landmines-an/index.html
They jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for their work in Cambodia

www.clusterconvention.org
The Convention on Cluster Munitions, CCM, was adopted in Dublin by 107 states on 30 May 2008. 94 states signed the Convention during the Signing Conference in Oslo on 3 - 4 December

www.redr.org.
The Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief, originally UK based it now has worldwide regional branches.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/cluster.htm
Detailed technical information, heavily illustrated with diagrams, on how cluster bombs work, with specifications of specific types of cluster bombs.

http://www.clusterbombs.org/
Cluster bombs kill and maim thousands of civilians with total impunity� It�s time to take action to stop their proliferation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpGMiAlVM6g
Cluster Bombs: A Weapon out of Control - Human Rights Watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii5D0MbLrHI
F16 Dropping CBU-87 Cluster Bombs

Motorbike connections who are assisting:

Laos
http://www.laos-adventures.com/page.asp?id={C0631549-7CD4-4146-A070-2F753CDEDD2B}
Motorbiking in Laos with Russian Minsk bikes on tours

Vietnam
http://www.minskclubvietnam.com/
Dedicated to bikers proud to grind their ex-Soviet dirt bikes throughout the spectacular mountains found in northern Vietnam.

Cambodia
http://www.dancingroads.com
Dancing Roads Tours was established in the year 2000. At that time sealed roads were few and far between, so what better vehicle to negotiate those Dancing Roads than a dirtbike!

Enquiries:

Robert Kinnear, Thailand, tel+66 (0)2 249 5877, [email protected]

Alan Jenkinson, UK, tel +44 (0)1773 856094 [email protected]

Released 14.12.2008 by Michael Wansbrough. [email protected]