The cost of removing dismantling the unexploded mines is too high especially for countries like
Lebanon, Afghanistan, Chad, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chechnya, Afghanistan and Iraq who were
ruthlessly bombed by western powers like USA, Russia and France.
After a long struggle of human right activist, the Obama administration cluster munitions cause
unacceptable harm to civilians, the US will no longer use cluster munitions that have a failure
rate of more than one percent - in essence banning all but a tiny fraction of the existing arsenal,
Many former users, producers, and stockpiles of cluster munitions have joined the Convention
on Cluster Munitions, as have many contaminated countries. But several key countries still
remain outside, including Brazil, China, India, Israel, Pakistan, South Korea, Russia, and the
United States.
In the old two rivals Pakistan and India are not convinced to join the treaty, It may end up as a
fiasco, what about Israel using such ammunition in Lebanon and Gaza indiscriminately, for this
conviction to hold the ground, for this convention to become a triumph Pakistan and India
should be pressurized to sign a treaty on complete removal of cluster bombs production, but
there is skepticism about the industries involved in developing cluster bombs, would it be win-
win situation for all ? Or will they be forced by the governments to shut the production, since
in the USA military contractor like Alliant Techsystems and Lockheed Martin can exert pressure
on the US government, off course the existence of long-term rival Al-Qaida may influence US
attitude on banning these bombs to be used in the future or any war front.
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References
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/29/international-cluster-bomb-ban-takes-effect
http://www.stopclustermunitions.org/the-problem/history-harm/
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/analysis/numbers/killed-by-cluster-bombs/
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=240
Further reading
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/29/international-cluster-bomb-ban-takes-effect
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http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/07/29/international-cluster-bomb-ban-takes-effect
http://www.stopclustermunitions.org/the-problem/history-harm/
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/analysis/numbers/killed-by-cluster-bombs/