US uses cluster bombs in Sadr City

[December]

American war criminals can try to run and hide. But we know who they are, and all of them WILL stand trial.

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Sun, 27 Apr 2008

US used cluster bombs in Baghdad's Sadr City.
An Iraqi member of parliament has revealed that the US forces have used forbidden weapons against Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Sadr City.

DPA quoted Leqa Yasin, a Sadrist lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament, as saying that technical and medical examination on the bodies of the victims and wounded of the recent clashes show that US occupation forces have used cluster bombs against civilians in Sadr City.

She said cluster bombs have caused many civilian deaths, with shrapnel left in the bodies of the victims.

Since March 25, the densely populated slum area has come under frequent attacks by US aircraft and artillery, killing hundreds of civilians and wounding many more.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=53346&sectionid=351020201


Sadr City (Arabic: مدينة الصدر‎) is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Iraqi Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim and later unofficially renamed Sadr City after deceased Shiite leader Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. Sadr City is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadr_City



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Sadr City

http://worldview.sunyaprajna.com/Iraq.html

http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2005/breaking-news-photography/works/warzone%20004.jpg

Baghdad - Mohammed Saleem, 18 months, lies in a coffin at a Sadr City morgue. Relatives said the boy and four other family members were killed in their car when U.S. forces opened fire overnight. (Photo by Karim Kadim, June 6, 2004)

http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2005/breaking-news-photography/works/warzone04.html


Cluster weapons contain multiple small bomblets, a significant number of which fail to explode leaving a potentially fatal attraction for civilians, children in particular.

Unexploded cluster weapons have maimed and killed civilians in Kosovo and Afghanistan as well as Iraq. Charities and humanitarian agencies say they should be declared illegal along with anti-personnel landmines.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/sep/10/armstrade.immigrationpolicy

[Pookie]

Okay, so if you know WHO they are, then go get em. Quit complaining and get the trials moving.
Purrs,
Pookie

[apdst]

I always thought that cluster bombs were used against massed targets in open terrain. But, hey, if it works in town, go for it.

[jafar00]

I always thought that cluster bombs were used against massed targets in open terrain. But, hey, if it works in town, go for it.

That's also illegal, but let's not let pesky International Law get in the way of Bush's genocide.

[apdst]

What's illegal?

[Pookie]

Yeah, where is it that cluster bombs are supposedly illegal in war?
I want to see this in a real link I can see.
Where?
Purrs,
Pookie

[Pookie]

I need December to answer my question, too. If he knows who they are, as he says, why isn't he reporting this and doing what is right?
Funny, he dodges my questions. That's weird, why?
Purrs,
Pookie

[Grizz]

American war criminals can try to run and hide. But we know who they are, and all of them WILL stand trial.

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Sun, 27 Apr 2008


An Iraqi member of parliament has revealed that the US forces have used forbidden weapons against Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Sadr City.

DPA quoted Leqa Yasin, a Sadrist lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament, as saying that technical and medical examination on the bodies of the victims and wounded of the recent clashes show that US occupation forces have used cluster bombs against civilians in Sadr City.


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Cluster weapons contain multiple small bomblets, a significant number of which fail to explode leaving a potentially fatal attraction for civilians, children in particular.

Now then, we have this from an unimpeachable, neutral source, right? A Sadrist lawmaker? C'mon, gimme a break. And if these weapons leave a significant number of unexploded bomblets, where are they? Your post is nonsense.

[December]

I always thought that cluster bombs were used against massed targets in open terrain. But, hey, if it works in town, go for it.

I assume you are an American, apdst? I will copy your post and send it to the International Criminal Court of Justice.


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http://www.icc-cpi.int

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[apdst]

I assume you are an American, apdst?

You don't ask someone if he/she is an American. If they are, they'll tell you. If they're not, don't embarress them.

I will copy your post and send it to the International Criminal Court of Justice.

Oh my god, please do! You want my real name to send along with it??

[Truth_and_Power]

That's also illegal, but let's not let pesky International Law get in the way of Bush's genocide.

What about beheading captives, is that illegal?

<crickets>

What about suicide bombers, is that legal since it walks in on two legs rather than falls from the sky?

[potter]

Some folks seem to think that because someone else does something stupid or bad that they are then justified to do stupid bad things.

Screw the moral high ground....but don't let them gays get married....

[Truth_and_Power]

Some folks seem to think that because someone else does something stupid or bad that they are then justified to do stupid bad things.

Screw the moral high ground....but don't let them gays get married....

I don't think anyone is justified, I just like to pick on the people that criticise only one side.

[MrHappy]

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[apdst]

Screw the moral high ground

Some people have yet to figure out that there is no moral high ground in war. There is only winning and losing.

[DamnYankee]

That's also illegal, but let's not let pesky International Law get in the way of Bush's genocide.

In war bombs get dropped. And then people die. Including kids.

Every time a terrorist kills kids, I don't see you on here whining about it. How come?

[apdst]

December,

My real name is Jack N. Meayhoff, for when you copy/paste my posts to the war crimes boys.

[potter]

Some people have yet to figure out that there is no moral high ground in war. There is only winning and losing.


How about when no war has been declared? How about when we've acheived our goal of eliminating Saddam and invaded the country based on a sheet of lies and the people of that country want us OUT?

When did we declare war on the people of Iraq, and under what pretense?

[apdst]

How about when no war has been declared?

A declaration of war ain't nothin' but a piece of paper.

When did we declare war on the people of Iraq, and under what pretense?

The same pretense that we declared war upon the people of Germany, Japan and Italy.

[Questerr]

A declaration of war ain't nothin' but a piece of paper.


Yes. A constitutionally required piece of paper.

[potter]

The same pretense that we declared war upon the people of Germany, Japan and Italy.


So the people of Iraq were invading other countries?

[jafar00]

What about beheading captives, is that illegal?

<crickets>

What about suicide bombers, is that legal since it walks in on two legs rather than falls from the sky?

Well since mistreatment of prisoners of war, suicide and indiscriminate killing are also in violation of Islamic law, those that do the above are doubly guilty. You have no arguments from me there.
No matter what these terrorist scum do, it still doesn't excuse the illegal use of cluster munitions when used to target civilians. Then there is a humanitarian cost of unexploded bomblets for years to come.