Friend,
Cluster bombs are uniquely evil weapons.
These munitions scatter many smaller bombs over large areas, significantly
amplifying the likelihood they kill or maim civilians. Cluster bombs
continue to pose a threat post-conflict because they leave behind small,
unexploded bombs that effectively become landmines, threatening civilians
for decades and decades.^1
124 countries have already signed on a treaty that prohibits the use,
production, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs. But the United
States is not one of those countries. This year has seen a renewed push in
Congress to finally ban cluster bombs, and we need a groundswell of
grassroots supporters behind this important fight.^2
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: The United States must ban the sale of cluster
bombs!
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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 recently
supplied Ukraine with cluster bombs. Southeast Asian nations are still
trying to clear these long-ago dropped munitions from civilian areas.^4
As Representative Sarah Jacobs said, “Sending cluster munitions anywhere
in the world makes the United States complicit in the unavoidable and
inevitable civilian harm that follows.”^2
The U.S. government should never use these weapons again and never sell
them to other countries. It’s time to end the use and sale of cluster
bombs.
[ [link removed] ]Add your name: No more cluster bombs! Tell Congress to ban the sale of
these weapons NOW.
Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Human Rights Watch, “Cluster Munitions,” [ [link removed] ]2014.
2. The Intercept, “REPUBLICAN DISARRAY DELAYS HOUSE VOTE TO BAN CLUSTER
BOMB TRANSFERS,” [ [link removed] ]September 14, 2023.
3. Al Jazeera, “Timeline: Use of controversial cluster bombs in past
conflicts,” [ [link removed] ]July 10, 2023.
4. Bloomberg, “Cluster Bomb Move Rebuked in Asian Nations Who Were Its
Victims,” [ [link removed] ]July 10, 2023.
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