Cluster Bombs a Cruel Legacy of Lebanon Conflict (NPR)

[Up2Late]

(This was on this morning, but just Google Cluster+Bombs+Children and you'll find dozens of reports similar to this.)

Cluster Bombs a Cruel Legacy of Lebanon Conflict

(Hear audio at link above)
by Jamie Tarabay

Morning Edition, August 24, 2006 · Cluster bombs are not
illegal, but many anti-war groups say they should be.
Israel used the weapons against Hezbollah. As a result,
the U.N. Mine Advisory Group says, many areas in south
Lebanon are littered with thousands of unexploded "bomblets."
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5701622>

More info here: <http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/08/18/us-cluster-bombs-in-lebanon-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving>
<http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/VIDEO_Lebanese_children_victims_of_unexploded_0822.html>
<http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/07/24/isrlpa13798.htm>

Also, if you don't have any PTSD, you should check out the anti-Landmine PSA at this website:

<http://www.stoplandmines.org/slm/index.html>



What would you do if you had to worry about landmines every time you went to the store, took a drive in the countryside or went to see your doctor?

That’s the reality for millions of people in about 80 countries. With such large numbers of people affected by landmines in countries that may seem very far away, it’s sometimes easy to forget about the problem.

Landmines may not be in your backyard, but they’re in the backyards of people all over the world. The United Nations is helping dozens of countries end the threat of landmines. You can help too by donating to have a minefield cleared.

The fight against landmines is a fight for the rights of people to live free from fear, in a safe environment conducive to development and peace.

(more at link) <http://www.stoplandmines.org/slm/index.html>

Or this one:

http://www.thislandwasmine.org/tlwm/index.html

[Tom Joad]

1. Cluster Bombs were Sent special delivery from the USA.

http://www.stopaipac.org/policies.htm#speedydelivery

This is very much a US & Israeli war against the people of Lebanon.

Bush could not speed delivery of bottled water to Katrina victims, but when it comes to weapons of war....

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2. The U.S used cluster bombs in North Vietnam and in fact some version

...of these devices have been used for centuries, cannon fodder soldiers in the Napoleonic wars were taken down using grape shot cannon artillery and even more lethal and devastating cannon shells against charging soldiers were used in the American civil war. But the idea of a modern hi-tech army using cluster bombs, white phosphorous and other such horror weapons against defenseless civilian populations is completely barbaric.

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