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2006-10-19 Britain

alG Seethes: UK refuses to back cluster bomb ban

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Posted by .com 2006-10-19 01:11|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cluster bombs take out missile and mortar launch sites. Maybe they aren't the best weapon for carpet bombing, but banning them serves terrorism.

Let's suspend UN operation until the GWOT is over. They are in the way.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-10-19 03:43|| 2006-10-19 03:43|| Front Page Top

#2 the only people stupid enough to walk in bombed areas are terrorists smuggling weapons, so who cares

Posted by Alex 2006-10-19 07:46|| 2006-10-19 07:46|| Front Page Top

#3 I suppose we could use nukes instead...

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-10-19 12:25|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-10-19 12:25|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, I'll bite: Just how do the 'unexploded devices' manage to kill three people a day? Do they fall on them and crush them? hold their heads underwater until they drown?

I'm guessing, just guessing mind you, that these devices did explode, but later than intended.

Posted by USN, ret. 2006-10-19 13:48|| 2006-10-19 13:48|| Front Page Top

#5 IIRC, most US-manufactured cluster bombs are wired to explode either on contact, or within 36-48 hours of being dropped. The dud rate in Vietnam was believed to be less than 2%. Aerial-laid mines, on the other hand, could still be "active" somewhere in those jungles. Mines still kill people in dozens of countries daily. More than 80% of those are Russian-made mines sold indiscriminately to anyone with hard currency, or given to anyone willing to "oppose" the US. Someone needs to have a little fist-to-face with the anti-war nuts in Sweden and at Al-Guardian - with an axehandle.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-10-19 15:18|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-10-19 15:18|| Front Page Top

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