Cluster Bombs: The Indiscriminate Killer
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Extensively used by US forces in Vietnam, the 1991 Gulf War, Kosovo and Afghanistan, and by Israel in the 1982 siege of West Beirut, cluster bombs have received severe condemnation from human rights and humanitarian organisations. There is consensus in the international community that these weapons are unacceptable and in breach of international humanitarian law, with many calling for a moratorium on their use. The effects of cluster bombs are comparable to those of anti-personnel mines, which are outlawed by the 1999 Ottawa Treaty. Despite this they remain a firm favourite in the US weapons arsenal and Britain engages in its use in defiance of the resolution of December 13, 2001 by the European Parliament calling for an immediate global moratorium on their use to be followed by an outright ban.
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Cluster Bombs: The Indiscriminate Killer
Extensively used by US forces in Vietnam, the 1991 Gulf War, Kosovo and Afghanistan, and by Israel in the 1982 siege of West Beirut, cluster bombs have received severe condemnation from human rights and humanitarian organisations. There is consensus in the international community that these weapons are unacceptable and in breach of international humanitarian law, with many calling for a morator...
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