Cluster bombs await returning Lebanese

[Purveyor]

One person has been killed and at least 12 others injured when cluster bombs exploded as Lebanese returned to their homes after the ceasefire announcement.

An Israeli cluster bomb exploded in the southern village of Ansar on Monday, killing one person and wounding six, Lebanese police said.

Six people were also wounded, including a rescue worker, when another cluster bomb exploded in the Nabatiyeh area.

In a joint statement, the UN and the Lebanese government "urged the population to exercise extreme caution, due to the large quantities of unexploded artillery and mortar shells strewn across the countryside".


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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/05F5A699-21F6-4E1F-8F5E-58C43FDC8377.htm

[acmejack]

1. 10% dud rate>

"SOME OF the most savage weapons of modern warfare." That’s how one BBC journalist described cluster bombs, the U.S. military’s latest weapon of choice in Afghanistan. It's also deadly and cheap.



http://www.cursor.org/stories/abovethelaw.htm

[rzemanfl]

2. Clusterfucks await Americans until 1/20/09. n/t

[Tom Joad]

3. Is this the legacy we leave the children of Lebanon?