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Unclaimed Ordinance

In the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd days of the 33 Day War, Tsahal dispersed over a million cluster munitions in Southern Lebanon. This was after the decision was made to end the war. The Belgian elements of the UNIFIL, as Ha'aretz notes, has been doing the de-mining work (20,262 separate explosive devices from 14 August 2006 to 14 January 2007, about 1,000 devices/week in January), and is going to bill the {Zionist Entity|Jewish State|State of Israel} for costs.

Last October Hman Rights Watch alleged that 113 instances of cluster munition use by the Islamic Resistance Movement in Lebanon (IRML) against targets south of the Lebanese border. The de-mining operation has found no evidence in 9 months to support that particular HRW allegation. I'm curious if HRW was being Fox-balanced in the August-October time-frame, or what their current wisdom is on IRML use of cluster munitions.

See also Banned by Belgium.

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