along with other arms:
If the shipment is approved, Israel may be told that it must be especially careful about firing the rockets into populated areas [graphic image], the senior official said.
Israel has asked the Bush administration to speed delivery of short-range antipersonnel rockets armed with cluster munitions, which it could use to strike Hezbollah missile sites in Lebanon, two American officials said Thursday.Cloud/NYTimes 11.Aug.06
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State Department officials "are discussing whether or not there needs to be a block on this sale because of the past history and because of the current circumstances," said the senior official, adding that it was likely that Israel will get the rockets, but will be told to be "be careful."
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Cluster Munitions - Relevant International Humanitarian Law
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HRW- Existing International Humanitarian Law
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Geneva Forum - Reducing the Humanitarian Impact of Cluster Bombs: What can be done?
