Hi,

Cluster bombs are a uniquely inhumane weapon of war. These bombs scatter
many smaller bombs over large areas, presenting immediate threats to
civilians during armed conflicts. Cluster munitions continue to pose a
threat post-conflict by leaving behind little bombs that fail to explode,
becoming de facto landmines.^1

More than 110 countries have signed onto an international treaty that
prohibits the use, production, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster
bombs.^2 But the United States is not one of those countries. A renewed
push in Congress to ban cluster bombs is brewing and we need a groundswell
of grassroots supporters behind this important fight.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Congress to ban the sale of cluster bombs.

ADD YOUR NAME

This is not a theoretical issue — the U.S. government has used cluster
munitions with devastating consequences in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and
1970s, the Persian Gulf in 1991, the former Yugoslavia in 1999, as well as
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen since the turn of the century.^3 The U.S.
government also recently supplied Ukraine with cluster bombs. Southeast
Asian nations are still trying to clear these long-ago dropped munitions
from civilian areas.^4 The long-lasting carnage of these weapons cannot be
fully known.

Large swaths of countries are plagued with landmines because of U.S. use
of cluster bombs decades ago. The U.S. government should never use these
weapons again and never sell these weapons to other countries. It’s time
to end cluster bomb use now.

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: No more cluster bombs! Congress must ban the sale of
these weapons now.

Thanks for taking action,

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. Human Rights Watch, “Cluster Munitions,” [ [link removed] ]2023.
 2. Convention on Cluster Munitions, “Universalization Status,” [ [link removed] ]2023.
 3. Al Jazeera, “Timeline: Use of controversial cluster bombs in past
conflicts,” [ [link removed] ]July 10, 2023.
 4. Bloomberg News, “Cluster Bomb Move Rebuked in Asian Nations Who Were
Its Victims,” [ [link removed] ]July 10, 2023.
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