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Old 06-03-2008, 10:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
Harlequin
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Default Re: Cluster Bombs Ban

Pakistan have cluster bombs! since when?

I could understand the US not destroying them seeing as whether the rest of the world likes it or not its not beneficial to them, seeing as they are in a war and will probably have another in a decade or two. I live in the UK so should Britain be destroying them make me feel less safe? I doubt it. The cluster bomb is an abomination, making precision bombing almost impossible and seriously harming civilians inside the scatter zone (possibly for years to come with unexploded bombs) or largely inconveniencing the user against opposition 'hiding' amongst civilians.

I believe some scatter land mines which are costly to remove and can seriously hamper the local population years after the conflict. I think it should be against international law for a weapon like this to exist. In the wrong hands we could have catastrophe after catastrophe. Until then we simply have to trust the powers that be...
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