Cluster Bomb Treasure Hunt

So this is a map of unexploded ordinance in Iraq. It clearly shows that the Pentagon used tens of thousands of cluster bombs over dense urban areas, despite their denials during combat (countered by the account of hundreds of eye-witnesses). As with most ordinance, around somewhere between 10-30% are lying unexploded yet active. These will undoubtedly maim and kill thousands of Iraqis over the next couple of decades, and a disproportionate number of them will be children. Of course, a map of the radionuclide fallout from the Pentagon’s dirty bombs would be useful, but the Pentagon continues to block outside oberevers from surveying the terrain.

Earlier here.

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