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We’re either opposed to cluster bombs or we’re not

25 Aug 05:50am

Filed under: Arms, Cluster Bombs, Military, Parliament, War

In 2008, Australia signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international legal instrument that bans the use, production and stockpiling of cluster bombs: indiscriminate weapons that cause suffering and casualties to civilian populations.

This is what success looks like for a cluster bomb… Picture: AFP

This week, the Senate passed national legislation to ratify the Convention that stands in direct contrast to the spirit of the treaty, which was established to “unequivocally, and for all time, end the suffering caused by cluster munitions”.

The Cluster Munitions Prohibition Bill allows cluster munitions to be stockpiled on Australian soil and Australian troops to assist in all aspects of the weapon’s future use.

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marley says:

07:37pm | 25/08/12

@John - umm, I pointed out a total failure of logic in your argument, and you haven’t addressed it. If you aren’t capable of making a rational defence of your own statements, why on earth should I give credibility to anything you say? Read more »
John says:

03:17pm | 25/08/12

marley You fail to see what’s going on around you, western nations are no longer nations, their national media are now owned by internationalists groups, governments now serve internationalist interests we no longer control our own economy, not even allowed to create our own money. Nationalism is anti-marketed, while internationalism… Read more »

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