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| Egypt urged to halt cluster-bombs use in North Sinai |
| 2018-02-16 |
| [Al Jazeera] The human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... group said in a statement on Wednesday that its experts analysed the video and concluded that the footage showed military air force personnel on February 9 loading Egyptian fighter planes with the internationally banned cluster bombs. They were identified as US-made CBU-87 Combined Effects Weapons, each containing 202 BLU-97/B bomblets. "Cluster bombs are inherently indiscriminate weapons that inflict unimaginable suffering for years after their use, and they are internationally banned for this reason," Najia Bounaim, "Their depiction in this video suggests that the Egyptian air force has either already used or is intending to use them, demonstrating a blatant disregard for human life." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 They must be very, very, effective. And, BTW, WHO banned them? Am-Nasty International? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-02-16 21:51 |
| #5 Don't ISIS count as cluster-bombs? |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-16 20:37 |
| #4 Why? Is Egypt targeting Amnesty International? Dead is dead. |
| Posted by: U. Snavique2820 2018-02-16 17:05 |
| #3 Rockeye in the morning is always good..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2018-02-16 16:18 |
| #2 Not just you. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-02-16 09:56 |
| #1 Amnesty International has said Egypt must cease use of cluster bombs "immediately" Is it just me, or are these people really really annoying? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-02-16 01:54 |