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U.S. Condedes IDF Use of Cluster Bombs in Lebanon May’ve Violated Pact

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Tags: haaretz, lebanon-war, new-york-times

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2 Responses to “U.S. Condedes IDF Use of Cluster Bombs in Lebanon May’ve Violated Pact”

bashir says:

January 28, 2007 at 4:00 AM

A good post.

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Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Lebanon: Violence, Paris 3 and Cluster Bombs says:

February 1, 2007 at 4:32 AM

[...] Richard Silverstein writes in Tikun Olam about the issue of the cluster bombs that were used by the IDF last summer during the bombing of Lebanon and which are still causing casualties till this day: Those of you who remember my coverage of the Lebanon war will remember the stories about the IDF’s virtual carpet bombing of southern Lebanon with cluster bombs. I called them the “gift that keeps on giving” because of the numerous civilian casualties caused during and after the war by the duds which never exploded on impact. The Times reports that 30 Lebanese have died, mostly children, and 180 have been injured since the war ended. Last summer, Israeli journalists and analysts speculated that such offensive use in civilian areas violated a U.S. agreement Israel pledged to adhere to banning their use in such circumstances. Well, quel surprise! The U.S. is just now, six months after the fact, getting around to saying: “Well, heck it looks like the IDF kinda did a bad thing there maybe:” [...]

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