'US Cluster Bombs Killed 55 in Yemen'

Amnesty International says the United States used cluster bombs on a cruise missile in Yemen, killing 55 people, most of whom were civilians.

The attack, according to the rights group, targeted Al-Maajala in the Abyan province at a time when Washington was pushing hard to project militants in the country.

"Amnesty International is gravely concerned by evidence that cluster munitions appear to have been used in Yemen," said Mike Lewis, the group's arms control researcher, AFP reported.'

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Israeli Defence Force Switches to Home Made Cluster Bomb Use

Defense officials say army will switch to local-made M-85 bombs in order to limit civilian casualties such as those caused during and after Second Lebanon War, in which 'we were relying on arsenal of American ordnance likely to produce duds'

Israel has cut purchases of US-made cluster bombs, defense officials said on Tuesday, stocking up on supplies of M-85 bombs from the state-owned Israeli Military Industries (IMI). The report has not yet been confirmed by the IDF.

The officials said Israel wants to avoid a repeat of civilian casualties from cluster bombs during and after the Second Lebanon War, thus assuaging worldwide criticism heaped on the State over the issue. More than 100 countries have banned the bombs because of their impreciseness.

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They are trying to make out they are acting in the name of Humanity, But a cluster bomb is still a cluster bomb.

They just want more efficient ones!!