Last week’s cluster bomb conference has come to an end, and according to Human Rights Watch has had a powerful impact, and the goals of moving forward with the destruction of the arsenal globally looks promising, despite the United States’ opposition.
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It's not only the US that opposes a ban on cluster bombs, it's also it's little terrorist bastard child in the Middle East. According to a recent report, the application of cluster munitions by Israeli forces in Lebanon during the 2006 slaughter of civilians there has led to the death of around 51 people and injured more than 350 others since the 2006 conflict. The same report states that "the United Nations estimates that the Israeli regime used about four million cluster bombs over southern Lebanon during the final days of the 2006 war."
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