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to: Gary Britt
from: Robert G Lewis
date: 2006-08-17 14:12:28
subject: Re: Israelis did use CBU...

From: "Robert G Lewis" 

I don't think it is that black and white. I do think Israel tries to use
their primarily on Military targets. One problem is determining what a
military target IS when dealing with non traditional military targets.


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:44e4b726$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> The difference being that Israel uses theirs on military targets and
> Hizbollah always uses theirs on purely civilian targets.
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:44e4a703$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> To me it depends on the context.  In describing an actual event then
>> accuracy is important.
>>
>> Hezbollah uses inaccurate missiles loaded with Ball bearings. Israel uses
>> Bombs with bomblets inside. One has little chance of killing anyone after
>> it
>> has gone off, the other does have the chance of unexploded bomblets
>> killing
>> people well after the initial explosion. Were I going into an area where
>> the
>> munitions had been used I'd definitely want to know which one was used .
>>
>>
>>
>> "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
>> news:44e49ede{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Although Adam has taken me to task about it in the past :-) I have a
>>> really hard time getting excited about whether deadly weapon A is more
>>> lethal and less moral to use in battle than deadly weapon B.
>>>
>>> The net result is the same within an order of magnitude - too many
>>> people
>>> die.
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Dave Ings,
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>
>>> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote
in message
>>> news:44e49bb1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> How do you define Cluster Bomb ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>>> news:44e48abe{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> Hizbollah used cluster bombs in rockets fired at
Israel.  Does so all
>>>>> the time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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