Once again, it's hard to sit back and watch civilians being killed like this but it's not possible to fund wars around the world. It's especially difficult in these times of austerity when everyone back home is asking for the middle class to take it on the chin once again. The Guardian:
Evidence that Gaddafi's forces are now targeting cluster bombs on civilian neighbourhoods of Misrata is likely to fuel calls for accelerated action from Nato, whose military actions and international sanctions against the regime have succeeded in weakening Gaddafi but have failed so far to secure a decisive breakthrough in the conflict.
Human Rights Watch released photographs and testimony from its arms expert which it said confirmed witness reports that the munitions, banned by more than 100 countries, were being fired on the city. Cluster bombs explode in midair, indiscriminately throwing out dozens of high-explosive bomblets which cause widespread damage and injuries over a large area. The sub-munitions often fail to explode on impact but detonate when stepped on or picked up.
"They pose a huge risk to civilians, both during attacks, because of their indiscriminate nature, and afterwards because of the still dangerous unexploded duds scattered about," said Steve Goose, HRW's arms division director.
