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December 2002 |
Vol. 14, No. 7
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UNITED STATES / AFGHANISTAN
FATALLY FLAWED:
CLUSTER BOMBS
AND THEIR USE BY THE UNITED STATES IN AFGHANISTAN
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Acronyms
Used In Report
I.
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
II.
WHAT ARE CLUSTER BOMBS?
III.
CONCERNS ABOUT CLUSTER BOMBS
IV.
CLUSTER BOMB USE IN AFGHANISTAN
V.
TARGETING, OR IMMEDIATE EFFECTS
VI.
AFTEREFFECTS
VII.
CLEARANCE EFFORTS
VIII.
PRIOR U.S. USE OF CLUSTER BOMBS
APPENDIX:
CLUSTER BOMB INCIDENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Photographs and Maps: [pdf]
Picture 1: Diagram of CBU-87. Two photos
of BLU-97s.
Picture 2: An unexploded BLU-97 cluster bomblet
in the Shomali Plain.
Picture 3: Two bomblets on the ground in Shidai near
Herat
Picture 4: Woman injured by bomblet and her surviving
children.
Picture 5: Kitchen where woman was injured by cluster
bomblet.
Picture 6: Craters caused by cluster bomblets near
Ainger..
Picture 7: Pockmarks left by bomblets on home in
Ainger.
Picture 8: Qala Shater, site of cluster bomb strike
near Herat.
Picture 9: Fourth Armored Brigade Headquarters,
near Herat.
Picture 10: Piles of debris left by cluster bomblets.
Picture 11: Deminers clearing cluster bomblets in
the Shomali Plain.
Map 1: Afghanistan
Map 2: Herat Area
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