By Yoav Stern and Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondents: UN's Ban: Threat to the lives of abducted IDF troops increasing
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Title: To PETER SM, #25 Name: Wikipedia City: State:
"The UN was quoted saying the Army of Allah used cluster bombs." The UN couldn`t have said that what Hizbulla fired into Israel were cluster bombs because they don`t fit the accepted definition of cluster bombs. You can, of course, provide a link to such quote. According to Wikipedia, "Cluster munitions are air-dropped (Cluster bomb) or ground-launched shells that eject multiple smaller submunitions ("bomblets")." What Hizbulla fired into Israel were bombs that contained ball-bearings and perhaps nails that became "dead" after they hit the ground and not bomblets that could be scattered over a large area and continue to kill days or months later. Let`s at least be accurate with our words!