Good News
More than 100 countries attending a conference in Dublin, Ireland formally adopted a treaty Friday to ban cluster bombs -- a large, unreliable and inaccurate weapon that often affects civilians long after the end of armed conflict. The countries agreed never to use cluster munitions or the explosive bomblets they contain, and they also agreed never to develop, acquire, retain or transfer cluster munitions, according to the official treaty document.
Bad News
The United States would not agree to any ban because the country considers cluster munitions an important part of its defense strategy.
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2 comments:
this is indeed good and bad news.
get robert gates on it.
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