Senate votes to continue use of cluster bombs
On a 70-30 vote, the Senate defeated an amendment to a Pentagon budget bill to block use of the deadly munitions near populated areas.
To Disgusting for words speaks for itself, I just wonder what would happen if a country decided to drop some of those CLUSTER BOMBS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF AMERICA. I just wonder
Brian Beutler
Published: Wednesday September 6, 2006
An amendment to the 2007 defense appropriations bill that would have prevented military funding from paying for cluster munitions failed on the floor of the Senate by a vote of 30-70, RAW STORY has learned.
Prior to the vote on the measure, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) presented the amendment along with photographs of Iraqi children who have been maimed by cluster munitions that were not tripped by their intended targets.
Also prior to the vote, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released a statement about cluster munitions and land mines, which defined a cluster munition as, "a large bomb, rocket or artillery shell that contains hundreds of small submunitions, or individual bomblets."
"In some cases," Leahy explained, "up to 40 percent of the bomblets fail to explode and therefore pose a significant danger to civilians long after conflict has ended. Cluster bombs also expose U.S. military forces to grave danger as they advance in combat through areas containing thousands of unexploded bomblet."
The amendment, written by Feinstein and cosponsored by Leahy had wide support from Democrats though some, including Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) voted to defeat it.
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To Disgusting for words speaks for itself, I just wonder what would happen if a country decided to drop some of those CLUSTER BOMBS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF AMERICA. I just wonder
Brian Beutler
Published: Wednesday September 6, 2006
An amendment to the 2007 defense appropriations bill that would have prevented military funding from paying for cluster munitions failed on the floor of the Senate by a vote of 30-70, RAW STORY has learned.
Prior to the vote on the measure, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) presented the amendment along with photographs of Iraqi children who have been maimed by cluster munitions that were not tripped by their intended targets.
Also prior to the vote, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released a statement about cluster munitions and land mines, which defined a cluster munition as, "a large bomb, rocket or artillery shell that contains hundreds of small submunitions, or individual bomblets."
"In some cases," Leahy explained, "up to 40 percent of the bomblets fail to explode and therefore pose a significant danger to civilians long after conflict has ended. Cluster bombs also expose U.S. military forces to grave danger as they advance in combat through areas containing thousands of unexploded bomblet."
The amendment, written by Feinstein and cosponsored by Leahy had wide support from Democrats though some, including Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) voted to defeat it.
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