"GEORGIA WANTS GUARANTEES FROM UN" aug. 15, 2008.

---CHECK MY CHANNEL FOR LATEST NEWS---- (CNN) -- An international rights group said Friday it has evidence that Russian aircraft dropped cluster bombs in populated areas of Georgia, killing and injuring dozens of civilians during the territorial conflict that has gripped the region. Human Rights Watch said the bombs -- banned by 100 nations because of their record of maiming civilians, even after conflict has long finished -- were dropped over areas of Georgia, including the strategic town of Gori, killing 11. "Cluster bombs are indiscriminate killers that most nations have agreed to outlaw," HRW senior military analyst Marc Garlasco said in a statement. Dropped from the air of fired from the ground, the bombs break apart in flight to scatter hundreds of smaller bomblets for maximum impact. "Russia's use of this weapon is not only deadly to civilians but also an insult to international efforts to avoid a global humanitarian disaster of the kind caused by landmines," Garlasco added. Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/15/georgia.rights/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

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