Cluster Bombs, The Gift That Keeps on Killing

Children continue to die in Lebanon and other parts of the world as a result of remaining cluster bombs. These weapons are delivered by a single device carrying many small bomblets. Some of these bomblets fail to detonate on arrival and remain on the ground or in trees and bushes to kill or maim the unwary.

In August alone, six children were hurt in cluster bomb explosions in Lebanon.

How many more must die before we as a civilized world put an end to these weapons?

The U.S. continues to be the largest manufacturer of military hardware around the world. Cluster bombs and their delivery systems are part and parcel of this manufacture. We must stop. These weapons have no place in a world claiming any measure of humanity.

Peace.