Cluster Munitions (Weapons)

Cluster Munitions Sites:

Kosovo - Locating Cluster Bomblets Kosovo - Locating Cluster Bomblets: Describes how the Mines Advisory Group has been involved in clearing cluster bomblets from Kosovo. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.mag.org.uk/magtest/kosovo/kos08a.htm Cluster Bombs: The Civilian Impact Cluster Bombs: The Civilian Impact: Highlights the hazards posed to civilians by cluster bombs and the failure of Western government to provide clearance assistance. From Z magazine. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Landmines_html/ClusterBombs_Civilians.html Cluster Bomb Moratorium Cluster Bomb Moratorium: Includes a photo gallery organized by country, and NGO statements in support of a moratorium on their production and use at the Convention on Conventional Weapons meetings in Geneva. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.mcc.org/clusterbomb/ Cluster Bombs Cluster Bombs: Provides detailed technical information, accompanied by annotated diagrams, about a number of types of US Air Force cluster bombs. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.ordnance.org/cluster_bombs.htm Urgent Action: End the Use of Cluster Bombs Urgent Action: End the Use of Cluster Bombs: Calls for Canadians to lobby politicians to ban cluster bombs. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.ploughshares.ca/CONTENT/CURRENT%20ISSUES/clusterbombs.html Cluster Bomb Cluster Bomb: Companion website to ITVS documentary, "Bombies", on the effects of unexploded ordnance - including cluster bombs - in Laos. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.itvs.org/bombies/bombs.html Documents on Cluster Bombs Documents on Cluster Bombs: Collection of articles from Human Rights Watch on the use and adverse effects of cluster bombs. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.hrw.org/arms/clusterbombs.htm Weapons of American Terrorism: Cluster Bombs Weapons of American Terrorism: Cluster Bombs: Describes the adverse effects of cluster bombs, with information on specific bomb types. (Cluster Munitions) http://free.freespeech.org/americanstateterrorism/weapons/ClusterBombs.html Lethal Legacy of Cluster Bombs Lethal Legacy of Cluster Bombs: Unexploded bombs are more of a threat to civilians in former war zones than landmines, according to a report by a coalition of more than 50 charities. From CNN. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/03/25/kosovo.mines/ UN To Clear Coalition Cluster Bombs UN To Clear Coalition Cluster Bombs: The United Nations has initiated the daunting task of clearing an estimated 25,000 unexploded cluster bomblet units dropped on Afghanistan by US warplanes. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=18295&SelectRegion=Central_Asia War's Insidious Litter: Cluster Bombs War's Insidious Litter: Cluster Bombs: Describes the threat that NATO and Serbian cluster bombs still pose to the population of Kosovo. From the Christian Science Monitor. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/06/09/p11s2.htm Cluster Bombs: The Hidden Toll Cluster Bombs: The Hidden Toll: The number of civilians prey to unexploded cluster bombs is significantly higher than admitted by governments. From The Guardian. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,351742,00.html The Case Against Cluster Bombs The Case Against Cluster Bombs: Article from Mother Jones on the growing calls for cluster bombs to be banned. (Cluster Munitions) http://www.motherjones.com/total_coverage/kosovo/reality_check/cluster.html