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Israel Bomblets Sow Death in Lebanon
CAIRO — Thousands of unexploded bomblets left over by Israeli forces in South Lebanon have turned the area into virtual minefields, causing many civilian deaths, even after the end of the Israeli war.
"The war may be over, but we’re still living in a war," Suad el-Miri told The New York Times Saturday, August 19 .
"People think it’s over, but there are still so many bombs around that our lives and our children’s lives remain at risk," she added while watching over her niece at the intensive care ward at Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre.
Her niece, Marwa,10 , and Sekneh,12 , were critically injured when a bomblet left over by Israeli forces in south Lebanon blew up at them in the town of Aita al-Shaab.
"It looked like a little can; it was interesting," recalled Marwa while moaning in pain at the hospital.
Thousands of bomblets spewed from cluster bombs packed into Israeli artillery shells are still littering South Lebanon.
The deadly leftovers have even continued to kill more Lebanese civilians after a UN-brokered truce took into effect to end the Israeli onslaught in Lebanon.
Just hours after the truce took into effect early Monday, August14 , a Lebanese civilian was killed and six others wounded when Israeli cluster bombs exploded in the southern village of Ansar.
Two people were also killed in Kafr Rumman and Masaydoun, according to the Mines Advisory Group, a British-based nongovernmental organization.
In the town of Haboush, two children were killed when they uncovered a bomblet.
An elderly woman was further seriously wounded when she set off a bomblet while sweeping inside her home.
Israel acknowledges that it dropped cluster bombs during the Lebanon war.
The cluster bombs, many made by the United States, are designed to penetrate thick armor as well as to kill or maim enemy soldiers within several yards.
The bombs release small bomblets in midair, expected to fall to the ground and explode on impact across a wide area.
Human Rights Watch has called on the Bush administration to reject an Israeli request for the delivery of cluster munitions to use in its relentless offensive in Lebanon.
"Humanitarian Nightmare"
The Israeli bomblets have even brought efforts to rebuild the country and to revive the Lebanese economy after the month-long Israeli offensive to a halt.
"People can’t go into their banana plantations because they are scared of unexploded ordnance," said David Shearer, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in southern Lebanon.
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"People think it’s over, but there are still so many bombs around that our lives and our children’s lives remain at risk," she added while watching over her niece at the intensive care ward at Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre.
Her niece, Marwa,10 , and Sekneh,12 , were critically injured when a bomblet left over by Israeli forces in south Lebanon blew up at them in the town of Aita al-Shaab.
"It looked like a little can; it was interesting," recalled Marwa while moaning in pain at the hospital.
Thousands of bomblets spewed from cluster bombs packed into Israeli artillery shells are still littering South Lebanon.
The deadly leftovers have even continued to kill more Lebanese civilians after a UN-brokered truce took into effect to end the Israeli onslaught in Lebanon.
Just hours after the truce took into effect early Monday, August14 , a Lebanese civilian was killed and six others wounded when Israeli cluster bombs exploded in the southern village of Ansar.
Two people were also killed in Kafr Rumman and Masaydoun, according to the Mines Advisory Group, a British-based nongovernmental organization.
In the town of Haboush, two children were killed when they uncovered a bomblet.
An elderly woman was further seriously wounded when she set off a bomblet while sweeping inside her home.
Israel acknowledges that it dropped cluster bombs during the Lebanon war.
The cluster bombs, many made by the United States, are designed to penetrate thick armor as well as to kill or maim enemy soldiers within several yards.
The bombs release small bomblets in midair, expected to fall to the ground and explode on impact across a wide area.
Human Rights Watch has called on the Bush administration to reject an Israeli request for the delivery of cluster munitions to use in its relentless offensive in Lebanon.
"Humanitarian Nightmare"
The Israeli bomblets have even brought efforts to rebuild the country and to revive the Lebanese economy after the month-long Israeli offensive to a halt.
"People can’t go into their banana plantations because they are scared of unexploded ordnance," said David Shearer, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in southern Lebanon.
More
http://islamonline.net/English/News/2006-08/19/04.shtml
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