From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

But it's not like they need to care coz US elections are coming & Bush
is weak anyway.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467825684&pagename=JPost%2FJPArt
icle%2FShowFull

"A preliminary US State Department report has found that Israel
violated US-Israel arms agreements governing the use of cluster bombs
during the war in Lebanon last summer, US administration officials told The
Jerusalem Post this weekend.

Congress is expected to be briefed on the conclusions of the report in the
coming week. The State Department investigation was launched following an
outcry by the UN, several human rights groups and many Arab outlets
charging that the bomblets had caused tremendous collateral damage and left
Lebanese civilian areas covered with unexploded ordinance.

Use of cluster munitions exported by the US to Israel is governed by
confidential agreements. When the State Department investigation began in
late August, however, The New York Times noted that various news reports
had specified that US-delivered cluster bombs can be used only in combat
with organized Arab armies and clearly defined military targets, under
conditions like those that existed in the Six Day and Yom Kippur Wars.

Israel was also criticized during the first Lebanon war for misuse of
cluster munitions in civilian areas. In that case, the US Congress launched
an investigation and the Reagan administration ended up banning cluster
bomb sales for more than half of the Eighties.

It remains unclear what the consequences of the current State Department
findings will be, but one source said, "The conclusions can't be
ignored."

Adam

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