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To: hueyone who wrote (155623)4/9/2003 3:04:22 PM
From: GST  Read Replies (6) | Respond to of 164684
 
I see -- so are saying that we have not used cluster bombs? That would be news -- we have used them a lot in the past. The first hand reports are, I assume, completely fabricated. Is that your position?



To: hueyone who wrote (155623)4/9/2003 3:38:22 PM
From: Slumdog  Respond to of 164684
 
>>You are such an easy mark for propaganda<<

Thats calling the kettle black.



To: hueyone who wrote (155623)4/10/2003 11:07:37 AM
From: craig crawford  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
>> If in fact anyone has strewn cluster bombs through civilian neighborhoods, it is Saddam and his Republican guard <<

as long as we are on the subject of cluster bombs and civilians....

Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts About the U.S.-Israeli Relationship
amazon.com

by Paul Findley

Israel also used U.S.-made cluster bombs against civilians in violation of an agreement with the United States to employ them only in self-defense. As a result, the Reagan administration reported to Congress on June 24th that Israel "may have" violated the Arms Export Control Act by using U.S. weapons for purposes other than its own defense in the invasion of Lebanon. Three days later the shipment of cluster bomb units to Israel was halted, but only briefly. (page 64)