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In reply to the discussion: Cluster Bombs Are Not Good For Children, Hillary [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)112 nations have signed the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. The countries employing them are largely nations that the U.S. considers bad actors.
I know it's too much to ask YOU to stop with the bullshit claims, but this one? particularly noxious.
At least seventeen countries have used cluster munitions in recent history (since the creation of the United Nations). Of these nations Colombia, Iraq, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom no longer have stocks of the munitions [92][93][94] Countries that have subscribed to the Wellington Declaration, agreeing in principle to ban cluster bombs, are listed in bold.
Colombia[95]
Ethiopia
Eritrea
France
Georgia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Morocco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Russia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa/ South Africa[96]
Sudan
Syria
United Kingdom
United States
Sri Lanka[97][98
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_munition#United_States_policy_towards_cluster_munitions