On AlterNet: cluster bombs

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I Volunteered For Obama in 2008, But His Support of Landmines Is the Last Straw

Clancy Sigal, Comment Is Free. December 24, 2009.

Obama's cruel and pointless refusal to ban child-killing landmines was my personal breaking point against the candidate I worked hard to elect.

Israeli Veteran: Gaza Attacks Marked My Military's Moral Low

Simcha Leventhal, Huffington Post. February 3, 2009.

Israel's government knew that its weapons would kill civilians. Deploying them dragged our military to a new moral low.

Ban the Cluster Bomb

Brian Cook, In These Times. December 4, 2008.

More than 100 countries have agreed to stop using them. Guess which one hasn't.

Presidential Race Ignores Arms Race

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. May 22, 2008.

From nuclear proliferation to the use of cluster bombs -- coverage of the campaign should focus more on the arms race, less on the horse race.

Evils of War: Time to Ban Cluster Bombs

Johann Hari, The Independent. December 21, 2007.

Cluster bomblets are child-killers.

Bombs Bursting in Air?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. June 22, 2007.

While Islamophobes and the "liberal" media have us focused on the theoretical threat of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, there's not much public discussion about the real threat of cluster bombs.

Did the U.S. Lie About Using Cluster Bombs in Iraq?

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com. May 25, 2007.

At a time when many nations are moving toward banning the use of cluster munitions, which pose a more serious threat to civilians than any other type of weaponry, the U.S. opposes new limits of any kind.