Article: War-game: A Kenyan herders' suit against British Army targets leftover bombs and may send militaries a warning.(World)

Byline: Mike Crawley Special to The Christian Science Monitor

DOL DOL, KENYA -- Jeuna Lekilit was herding his family's goats when he discovered a shiny metal object lying on the ground. Intrigued, he decided to bang it with a stone.

In a flash, his world changed. Jeuna had stumbled on a white phosphorous smoke bomb - a device used by armies to disorient the enemy on the battlefield. Jeuna, however, was no one's enemy, but a boy whose home turf had been used for foreign war games.

Now, at age 10, with scars from burns on his left shoulder and left side of his head, he is part of what is shaping up to be a landmark legal action against the ...

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