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| US stored banned cluster bombs on UK soil, leaked cable reveals
(Raw Story) posted 12/04/2010 The UK was silent about a loophole that allowed the US to store banned cluster bombs on its soil, according to a leaked secret diplomatic cable. The diplomatic message da ... US Senate rejects restraints on cluster bombs (The News) posted 09/07/2006 ... The Senate on Wednesday rejected a move by Democrats to stop the Pentagon from using cluster bombs near civilian targets and to cut off sales unless purchasers abide by t ... 'Million cluster bomblets' in South Lebanon (BBC) posted 09/26/2006 Up to a million cluster bomblets discharged by Israel in its conflict with Hezbollah remain unexploded in southern Lebanon, the UN has said. The UN's mine disposal agency ... Israel leaves behind 100,000 unexploded bombs (The Peninsula Qatar) posted 08/31/2006 Cluster bombs dropped by Israel on southern Lebanon in the conflict with Hezbollah are still threatening civilians, a top UN official said yesterday, calling Israel 'completel ... 98 percent of cluster bomb victims are civilians: report (Yahoo News) posted 11/02/2006 Civilians make up 98 percent of the tens of thousands of victims of cluster bombs in the 30 years since their introduction during the Vietnam war, according to an NGO report. ... VIDEO: Lebanese children victims of unexploded cluster bombs (Raw Story) posted 08/22/2006 ... of the war.' Clancy reports that a 10% failure rate among the small bombs released from cluster bombs has left the unexploded--and extremely dangerous--munitions in Leban ... U.S: Israel may have misused cluster bombs (CNN) posted 01/30/2007 WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Israel's use of U.S.-made cluster bombs in last year's war in Lebanon may have violated agreements with the United States governing their use, the State De ... U.S. takes the lead on behalf of cluster bombs (Glenn Greenwald) posted 11/12/2011 ... Peace Prize, President Obama secretly ordered a cruise missile attack on Yemen, using cluster bombs, which killed 44 innocent civilians, including 14 women and 21 ch ... Cluster bombs continue to kill after ceasefire (CTV.ca) posted 08/26/2006 This young Lebanese girl was struck by a cluster bomb while playing. While the guns have gone silent over southern Lebanon amid a tense ceasefire between Israel and Hezbo ... Yet another illegal war -- now in Yemen (Glenn Greenwald) posted 06/15/2011 ... been bombing Yemen for the last two years, including one attack using cluster bombs that killed dozens of civilians. But what's new is that this will be a CIA ... Budget-saving, American-made cluster bombs left vicious legacy in Lebanon (Haaretz) posted 11/16/2006 During the second Lebanon war, Israel made use of American-made cluster bombs that left behind thousands of unexploded bomblets, even though Israel Military Industries produce ... Report: U.S. to Send Widely-Banned Cluster Bombs to Ukraine (InformationLiberation) posted 07/06/2023 The Biden regime is sending Ukraine widely-banned cluster munitions as part of their latest $800 million aid package, Reuters reports. ... Investigators probe possible use of banned weapons (Daily Star) posted 07/26/2006 SIDON/BEIRUT: The United Nations said Tuesday it was concerned about Israel's use of cluster bombs as part of its bombardment of Lebanon, as claims of attacks using phosphorou ... IDF commander: We fired more than a million cluster bombs in Lebanon (Haaretz) posted 09/12/2006 'What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs,' the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster bombs and phospho ... IDF admits targeting civilian areas in Lebanon with cluster bombs (Haaretz) posted 11/22/2006 The Israel Defense Forces discovered that there had been 'irregularities' in the use of cluster munitions, even before the end of the recent Lebanon war, sources in the defens ... "We've Run Out of Ammunition": Biden Explains Decision to Send Cluster Bombs to Ukraine (InformationLiberation) posted 07/09/2023 Joe Biden blurted out to reporters on Sunday that his decision to send widely-banned cluster bombs to Ukraine was made because 'we've run out of ammunition.' ... 78,000 Iraqis Have Been Killed by Coalition Airstrikes (Sherwood Ross) posted 06/03/2007 ... Since April, 2003, Turse reports, the U.S. has dropped at least 59,787 pounds of cluster bombs in Iraq, a type of weapon Human Rights Watch(HRW) termed 'the single g ... Deadly harvest: The Lebanese fields sown with cluster bombs (The Independent) posted 09/18/2006 ... sat beside her father's bed in the hospital. At least 83 people have been killed by cluster munitions since the ceasefire, according to independent monitors. So ... |
