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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
HRW condemns Syria use of cluster bombs
2012-10-15
BEIRUT: Human Rights Watch on Sunday accused the Syrian air force of using cluster bombs against rebels and in populated areas across the country.
Careful, Pencilneck, HRW is on to you. Next is a sternly worded note from the UN, after which they send in Carla del Ponte...
"Syria's disregard for its civilian population is all too evident in its air campaign, which now apparently includes dropping these deadly cluster bombs into populated areas," said Steve Goose, arms director at the New York-based group.

"Cluster bombs have been comprehensively banned by most nations, and Syria should immediately stop all use of these indiscriminate weapons that continue to kill and maim for years," he said in a statement.

HRW reported their increased use in the past week, notably in the Maaret Al-Numan area where the armed forces have been locked in combat with rebels for control of the highway linking Damascus to the northern city of Aleppo.

But cluster bombs were also being dropped in the provinces of Aleppo, Homs, Latakia and Damascus, it said, basing its findings on videos posted online by Syrian activists.
"The cluster bomb canisters and submunitions shown in the videos all show damage and wear patterns produced by being mounted on and dropped from an aircraft," said HRW, although it did not have information on casualties.

"Human Rights Watch is deeply concerned by the risks posed by the unexploded submunitions to the civilian population, as men and even children can be seen in the videos handling the unexploded submunitions in life-threatening ways."

Syria has not ratified a convention banning cluster bombs that has been adopted by 109 countries since 2008. The weapon is estimated to have claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1965.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  The Germans used cluster bombs against the Russians in 1943 at Kursk. They were effective against tanks.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2012-10-15 18:37  

#4  Wait no... it was the Walthers O-guage Pacific boom!
Posted by: Shipman   2012-10-15 18:35  

#3  It's the old Lionel HO UP Centennial bomb.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-10-15 18:34  

#2  as men and even children can be seen in the videos handling the unexploded submunitions in life-threatening ways

Think of it as Evolution in action.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-10-15 15:56  

#1  as men and even children can be seen in the videos handling the unexploded submunitions in life-threatening ways."

If you didn't put it down, don't pick it up!
You want a souvenir, visit Gatlinburg.

Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-15 07:37  

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