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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Pentagon's 'New' Cluster Bomb Policy Treads Water


Cluster bomb duds that shouldn't exist

The Pentagon announced Monday that the U.S. military would continue to use and export even the most unreliable cluster bombs over the next decade.

This policy decision comes shortly after 111 countries, including major NATO allies, agreed to a global treaty banning cluster bombs.

The new policy states that the United States will not impose restrictions on the use or export of cluster bombs, including those with high failure rates, until 2018.

The announcement drew heavy criticism from human rights groups because of the danger that unexploded cluster munitions pose to civilians.

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