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Topic started on 3-12-2008 @ 04:31 PM by gunner4life

92 nations sign cluster-bomb ban; US, Russia don


news.yahoo.com
OSLO, Norway – An Afghan teenager who lost both legs in a cluster bomb explosion helped persuade his country to change its stance and join nearly 100 nations in signing a treaty Wednesday banning the disputed weapons.

Afghanistan was initially reluctant to join the pact — which the United States and Russia have refused to support — but agreed to after lobbying by victims maimed by cluster munitions, including 17-year-old Soraj Ghulan Habib. The teen, who uses a wheelchair, met with his country's ambassador to Norway, Jawed Ludin, at a two-day signing conference in Oslo.
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reply posted on 3-12-2008 @ 04:33 PM by pluckynoonez
reply to post by gunner4life



Ha! Yes! This is exactly the stuff Chomsky monitors. "Freedom's on the march!" I want to throw-up.



[edit on 3-12-2008 by pluckynoonez]

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