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

Phil Payne wrote:
>> http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4206520
>>
>> The bombs are especially dangerous because of their high failure rates,
>> leaving hundreds of the small bombs unexploded on the ground, said Marc
>> Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch. The artillery
>> shells used by the Israeli military in Lebanon delivered 88 bomblets per
>> shell, and have an official failure rate of up to 14 percent, though
>> mine-cleanup groups operating in southern Lebanon say the failure rate can
>> reach up to 40 percent.
>
> How about 100%?
>
> http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20060816203830113
>
> "A deminer working in southern Lebanon told Human Rights Watch that in 10
> minutes he identified 100 hazardous submunition duds on the main street of
> Tabnine, before he stopped counting. He noted at least one case of
> "catastrophic failure," where none of the submunitions in an artillery
> projectile exploded, leaving all of the submunitions scattered on the
> ground. This projectile landed just outside the main gate of the hospital in
> the center of Tabnine, he said."
>
> These are the people the USA is supporting.
>
>
& if the shell had exploded improperly there'd be little paint of any
colour on the exterior of the bomblet.

Adam

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