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to: Robert G Lewis
from: Gary Britt
date: 2006-08-17 14:34:26
subject: Re: Israelis did use CBU...

From: "Gary Britt" 

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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