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Last update - 19:18 23/08/2007

Cluster bomb kills mine clearing expert in southern Lebanon

By The Associated Press

A cluster bomb left over from last year's Second Lebanon War exploded in southern Lebanon on Thursday, killing a Lebanese mine clearing expert and wounding three others, security officials said.

The bomb went off in the town of Nabatiyeh as the experts were trying to dismantle it, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

The killed expert was identified as Abbas Jaber, a member of the British-based Mine Advisory Group which has been working in southern Lebanon since the IDF withdrew from southern Lebanon in May 2000.

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Jaber's death brings to at least 31 the number of people killed by cluster bomb and mine explosions in Lebanon since the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah ended in a UN-brokered cease-fire last August.

The United Nations and human rights groups accuse Israel of dropping about 4 million cluster bomblets during the summer fighting.

UN ordinance clearing experts say that up to 1 million failed to explode and now endanger civilians in the area.

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1.	and Israel`s war crimes continues	19:24	\|	Moise	23/08/07

2.	A good investment pays long-term dividends	19:29	\|	Man deVoshkes	23/08/07

3.	IDF will pay	19:35	\|	MIke	23/08/07

4.	Reaping what they sow	19:37	\|	Jon	23/08/07

5.	Some "expert"	19:41	\|	Engineer	23/08/07

6.	Terrorist States - Israel and the U.S.	19:42	\|	Double Click	23/08/07

7.	#1 Thats a stupid thing to say.	20:08	\|	Niss	23/08/07

8.	#1 Moise	20:09	\|	Marco	23/08/07

9.	Sounds of silence from Israelis	20:12	\|	Tim	23/08/07

10.	Yes Jon, the Lebanese cum Hizballah are reaping	20:13	\|	Man deVoshkes	23/08/07

11.	IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE	20:23	\|	Brant	23/08/07

12.	Anyone remember?	20:23	\|	Concerned Zionist	23/08/07

13.	Leave Israel alone, so you`ll live in peace, too	20:26	\|	AlexK	23/08/07

14.	Israel must be held responsible...........	20:40	\|	Deborah	23/08/07

15.	More Haaretz Forum Clowns	20:42	\|	Honest Observation	23/08/07

16.	More Haaretz Forum Clowns	20:46	\|	Honest Observation	23/08/07

17.	They had it coming	20:50	\|	Victor	23/08/07

18.	He wasn`t much of an expert, and how do you know they aren`t	20:59	\|	r	23/08/07

19.	My condolences	21:16	\|	KUTW	23/08/07

20.	Send Hizbollah to do the job	21:18	\|	KUTW	23/08/07

21.	time to Eliminate Zionist Entity	21:18	\|	matthew	23/08/07

22.	UN and ?human rights groups?	21:22	\|	KUTW	23/08/07

23.	different types of cluster munitions	21:36	\|	Mark Lincoln	23/08/07

24.	An Expert Should Know	21:39	\|	Anakadeen	23/08/07

25.	Get West Bank Settlers to walk thru minefields	22:00	\|	Tim	23/08/07

26.	At least there will be no repeats	22:07	\|	Natallie Durson	23/08/07

27.	blah blah blah israel`s bad blah blah blah...	22:34	\|	Richard S	23/08/07

28.	THE US AND UK ARE USING CLUSTER BOMB AS WELL!	22:45	\|	there is no justice	23/08/07

29.	1 million bombs in 34 days????? 30000 bombs per day???	22:45	\|	Army MD	23/08/07

30.	Sabra & Shatila - JUST A REMINDER	22:46	\|	Double Click	23/08/07

31.	Israel not to blame, the death itself is a sad thing	23:34	\|	Johnny	23/08/07

32.	Hezbollah Deserves to Live in a Mine Field	23:41	\|	Efox	23/08/07

33.	Victor #17, what a line, so to the point	23:41	\|	Johnny	23/08/07

34.	MandeVoshkes,Engineer,Niss and the Rest	23:41	\|	Bernie	23/08/07

35.	re: Mark Lincoln	23:45	\|	Efox	23/08/07

36.	Honest Observation	23:46	\|	Bernie	23/08/07

37.	re: Anakadeen	23:47	\|	Efox	23/08/07

38.	#1 Moses would not have been your friend	23:47	\|	Johnny	23/08/07

39.	KUTW, I usually disagree with you	23:51	\|	Bernie	23/08/07

40.	#30 Bernie to Honest	00:04	\|	Man deVoshkes	24/08/07

41.	To No. 3 Mike	00:13	\|	Justice	24/08/07

42.	Thank you Bernie from Michigan	00:17	\|	Fay	24/08/07

43.	Calus	00:41	\|	David	24/08/07

44.	clicky - this statement of yours is a fact??	00:46	\|	nehemia dB	24/08/07

45.	reality on the ground	01:01	\|	tom	24/08/07

46.	39. Bernie	01:09	\|	KUTW	24/08/07

47.	The cluster bombs were manufactured...	01:14	\|	Maureen Ann	24/08/07

48.	The cluster bombs were manufactured...	01:14	\|	Maureen Ann	24/08/07

49.	30. Double Click: JUST A REMINDER	01:15	\|	KUTW	24/08/07

50.	Bernie	01:16	\|	Honest Observation	24/08/07

51.	No one cares the world over	02:34	\|	Ricardo	24/08/07

52.	A disproportional retaliation	02:36	\|	Peace	24/08/07

53.	Bernie, you`re wasting your time	02:42	\|	Sam	24/08/07

54.	Clean Up Your Mess	02:43	\|	Brenda	24/08/07

55.	AP repeats UNPROVEN "4 million" LIE	02:48	\|	CK Tan	24/08/07

56.	Time To Get Rid of Cluster Weapons	02:50	\|	Brenda	24/08/07

57.	nope, not buying Bernie	02:55	\|	Theodor	24/08/07

58.	re #11 `IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE.`	03:20	\|	Colin Wright	24/08/07

59.	Cluster Bombs are not made by Israel	03:23	\|	jerri i	24/08/07

60.	Bernie #34	03:30	\|	TonyL	24/08/07

61.	DoubleClick, Palestinians are Not Allowed to Join Hezbollah	03:58	\|	Bernie	24/08/07

62.	#29 The numbers do indeed add up, Army MD	04:52	\|	Johnboy	24/08/07

63.	#26	05:50	\|	Moshe	24/08/07

64.	#30	05:58	\|	Moshe	24/08/07

65.	#52 CK Tan needs to re-read his sources again	06:21	\|	Johnboy	24/08/07

66.	cluster bombs again	06:29	\|	Jerri i	24/08/07

67.	To KUTW	06:30	\|	Sam	24/08/07

68.	#50 Sam seems to misunderstood what "war" is	06:36	\|	Johnboy	24/08/07

69.	#57, Colin Wright	08:17	\|	Silvienne	24/08/07

70.	# 32 to efox in socorro, nm	10:30	\|	eric	24/08/07

71.	# 29 not bombs, army md...	11:04	\|	eric	24/08/07

72.	# 29 to army md; the link...sorry	12:05	\|	eric	24/08/07

73.	67.Sam	12:34	\|	KUTW	24/08/07

74.	# 35 to efox	12:39	\|	eric	24/08/07

75.	Hello Eric...	05:57	\|	Silvienne	25/08/07

76.	#65 johnboy` illogical logic REDUX and his reply to Army MD	06:11	\|	CK Tan	25/08/07

77.	#76, CK Tan to Johnboy	08:30	\|	Silvienne	25/08/07

78.	Unexploding cluster bomblets manufactured in the USA	22:04	\|	Ian Robertson	25/08/07

79.	butterfly bombs	01:06	\|	honey bunch	28/08/07

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