Posted at 10:55 PM Friday - May 30, 2008Cluster bomb ban adoptedSometimes wisdom prevails. Cluster bomb ban adopted, HURAY! Only USA, China, Russia, Israel & Pakistan think they are wiser than wise.... Lets hope never to see such images again.
The treaty formally adopted yesterday by 111 nations, including many major U.S. partners in NATO, would outlaw all current designs of cluster munitions and require destruction of stockpiles within eight years. It also opens the possibility that European allies could order U.S. bases in their countries to remove cluster bombs from their stocks.
The United States and other leading makers of cluster bombs - Russia, China, Israel, India and Pakistan - boycotted the talks, said that they would not sign the treaty and publicly shrugged off its value. All defended the military value of cluster bombs, which carpet a battlefield with dozens to hundreds of explosions.
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