Curse the Allied War Effort!

For the first (and hopefully last) time in my life, I have been directly inconvenienced by actions taken by America during the second world war. What a pain in the ass. It was almost enough to make me wish Tojo and Hitler had won. Check this out:

Sunday March 4, 4:33 PM

LEAD: 10,000 people in Kobe evacuate for removal of World War II dud

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING)

About 10,000 residents in Kobe evacuated Sunday while members of the Ground Self-Defense Force worked to remove an unexploded shell apparently dropped during World War II.

The Kobe municipal government sealed off a 300-meter radius around the site while the GSDF personnel were removing the detonating fuse from a 250-kilogram dud at a construction site in the city's Higashinada Ward, city officials said.

The bomb, apparently dropped by the U.S. military during the war, was discovered in the initial phase of a condominium construction project, the officials said.

Hanshin Electric Railway Co. halted train services between Nishinomiya and Mikage stations for about five and a half hours during the bomb removal operation because the construction site is located only 150 meters from railway tracks.