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'HILLARY CLINTON VOTED TO CONTINUE CLUSTER BOMBING CIVILIANS

DEMOCRATIC LUNTZ, DAILY KOS -

Hillary Clinton voted to let our military
continue to use cluster bombs in areas with concentrated civilian
populations, despite the thousands of innocent children who have died or
been handicapped due to picking up unexploded cluster bomblets. This
vote was cast in September 6, 2006 on an amendment to the Defense
Appropriations act by Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Senator Feinstein's own description of the amendment from the
Congressional record:

"The human death toll and injury from these weapons is felt every day,
going back decades. Innocent children think they are picking up a play
toy in the field and suddenly their arm is blown off. . . Our amendment
would prevent any funds from being spent to purchase, use, or transfer
cluster munitions until the rules of engagement have been adopted by the
Department of Defense to ensure that such munitions will not be used in
or near any concentration of civilians, be it permanent or temporary,
such as inhabited parts of cities or villages or in camps or columns of
refugees or evacuees. . .

"They are intended for attacking enemy troop formations and armor,
covering approximately a .6-mile radius. In other words, their swath is
over one-half mile. Yet in practice they pose a real threat to the
safety of civilians when used in populated areas because they leave
hundreds of unexploded bombs over a very large area and they are often
inaccurate. They end up in streets and cities where men and women go to
work and do their shopping. They end up in groves of trees and fields
where children play. They end up in homes where families live. And in
some cases, up to 40 percent of cluster bombs fail to explode, posing a
particular danger to civilians long after the conflict has ended.'

Lees verder: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/21/151841/41/822/425303