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To: Katelew who wrote (196609)	8/10/2006 2:47:58 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I may be thinking of cluster bombs which are considered illegal. Since when have cluster bombs been considered illegal and by whom, Hez?

To: Katelew who wrote (196609)	8/10/2006 4:40:43 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I may be thinking of cluster bombs which are considered illegal. Evidence is developing also that Israel is using implosion bombs and white phosphorus. White Phosphorus is a controversial weapon. It was originally developed as a smoke device and widely used as such in WWII and Korea. But since it burns upon contact with the air, it makes a nifty, and particularly nasty, anti-personnel device similar to napalm. When someone is hit with a WP fragment, it will keep burning until emersed in water.. But since it's still used as a smoke weapon to cover movements, it hasn't been banned outright. globalsecurity.org Cluster bombs are ALSO NOT BANNED. They are essentially a bomb full of hand grenades that are dispersed over a given area. en.wikipedia.org Although covered by the general rules of international humanitarian law, cluster munitions are not currently covered by any specific international legal instrument. So far Belgium is the only country to have issued a ban on the use (carrying), transportation, export, stockpiling, trade and production of cluster munitions.[4] However, several countries, including Austria, Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have seen considerable parliamentary activity on cluster munitions. In some of these countries, there are ongoing discussions concerning draft legislation banning cluster munitions, along the lines of the legislation adopted in Belgium. Norway has also committed itself to an international ban on cluster munitions and recently announced a moratorium on the weapon. Now Katelew.. It took me all of about 2 minutes to find the references for BOTH of those weapons. You could have saved yourself the embarrassment of my having to prove your inaccurate views by looking this up yourself. Hawk