From: Monte Davis 

"Robert G Lewis"  wrote:

>Tossing one of the hand grenades into a crowd of
>known civilians would probably be considered a war crime as well ( or using
>a cluster bomb on a civilian target)

Yes to both, certainly. I was just pointing out that ball bearings in a
home-made munition are no different in intent or effect than the casings of
most shells and bombs.

If cluster bombs are to be set apart in any way, IMO it's not because their
immediate effects are especially gruesome, but because any unexploded
submunitions stay around, and are in effect mines left behind. That makes
them weapons that *can't* be used "legitimately," i.e. against 
troops with every effort to avoid noncombatants.

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