This is about cluster bombs being
used indiscriminately and killing civilians.

If its about the indiscriminate use of CBUs, no problem since neither the UK
nor the US employed *any* weapon indiscriminately.

If the issue is UXO from CBU employment, this is another matter and one I
believe both the UK and US have done there best to deal with. On averag there's
going to be an approximate 10% dud rate for CBU submunitions (BLUs). In both
Afghanistan and Iraq, leaflets were dropped warning people to stay away from
the unexploded BLUs. Because of the high illiteracy rate in Afghanistan, the
leaflets were in picture form. Because of the remote areas where CBUs were used
in Afghanistan, civilian contact with UXO is minimal. Iraq is a different
story, however a successful one. Submunition dispenser use was pretty heavy in
Iraq and included everything from air delivered to Army ATACMS. Use was
confined, as much as operationally practicable, to use away from major
population areas. With all the use of CBUs in Iraq, and they are still a very
important weapon, the low civilian incident rate (by comparison of quantity
dropped) speaks well for allied air and ground forces.

Those accountable should be punished for their actions.

Current CBUs meet all international requirements for a legal weapon, thus no
punishment is warrented.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"