Sunday, July 30, 2006

Israel urged to shun cluster bomb

Mr Harper do you have any terms other than "measured" in your vocabulary?

Can you spell C-O-N-D-E-M-N-A-T-I-O-N?

Excerpts:

It says the explosives - which disperse after impact - are "unacceptably inaccurate and unreliable", and should not be used in populated areas.
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The group believes that the use of cluster munitions in populated areas may violate the prohibition on indiscriminate attacks contained in international humanitarian law.
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The Geneva Conventions ban the use of white phosphorous as an incendiary weapon against civilian populations and in air attacks against military forces in civilian areas.

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