Statistics are irrelevant to those who actually clear the mines--but the exaggerated figures discourage donors from supporting clearance.

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And it also points to the woeful lack of understanding on the part of most Americans -- those who would dismiss Guillen's words and Cuban exiles' reaction to them as irrelevant -- about the Cuban-American experience, versus the understanding that Americans have of the Jewish experience.

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