Here is the real story about the international ban on cluster bombs and land mines. Banning them is a good thing, right? Everyone assumes so. This article explores some unintended devastating consequences of the ban.
When enemy combatants do not follow the rules of war but embed themselves in civilian areas as Hezbollah does when fighting Israel, the use of cluster bombs would allow civilians to live if they take refuge indoors, particularly in cellars. The forced alternative because of the ban would destroy their homes and their lives.
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