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人權小組指責MoD偽善在聚合炸彈
星期三， 2007年9月19日
? 被重新列級的武器逃脫禁令，言評論家 理查Norton泰勒 人道主義組織今天指責國防部重新列級一它最新的武器逃脫對聚合炸彈的一個期望的世界禁令。MoD去年描述了九頭蛇CRV-7系統，交付一定數量的小炸彈從直昇機登上的火箭莢，作為群武器。 年末， Margaret Beckett，然後外交部長，說政府沒有考慮武器屬於期限「沉默寡言」，因為實際上所有小炸彈在衝擊爆炸了。 Des Browne，國防部長，宣佈他今年初取締了用途由「沉默寡言的」聚合炸彈英國的武力。 他說英國將部署有自已自毀機制仅的聚合炸彈。 在7月，鮑伯Ainsworth，武力在政府的「瞭解幫助，告訴MPs CRV-7，裝備「從亞帕基印第安人直昇機」射擊的多用途副軍需品，沒有在所有秋天以後群軍火之內」。 群軍火發布更小的「小炸彈」，當射擊，形成危險平民在和長在衝突以後期間時。 Unexploded 「小炸彈」在阿富汗、伊拉克和黎巴嫩殘廢并且殺害平民。 ainsworth先生在7月CRV-7炸彈說現在不是群武器由於「直接射擊能力」，并且，因為他們有「很少副軍需品」。 然而， MoD承認試驗在美國顯露了一個6%故障率。 雖然MoD認為CRV-7炸彈有九件副軍需品，評論家言今天它是19火箭莢，用171件副軍需品總計。 重新分類由Oxfam，國際特赦組織，今天攻擊人權觀察和地雷行動，也認為英國是致死的聚合炸彈的世界的第三大用戶在過去10年期間。 「十年，在它擁護了取締地雷之後的條約，英國有一個機會做同樣用聚合炸彈-，反而它轉動聚合炸彈精讀」，主任說西蒙Conway，地雷行動的。 湯姆Porteous，人權觀察倫敦主任，說： “Our investigations in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon have all shown that cluster munitions, no matter how sophisticated, do not work as advertised, and instead get used in ways that violate international humanitarian law.” In February 2007, Britain joined 46 other countries in calling for a worldwide ban on cluster bombs. This initiative, the Oslo Process, is expected to lead to a treaty next year, the humanitarian groups say. Anna MacDonald of Oxfam said: “Current UK policy on cluster bombs makes no sense. They say they want an international treaty but they also want to keep using cluster bombs well known to kill and injure civilians.” Britain also has in its armoury artillery-delivered M85 cluster bomblets which are supposed to self-destruct if they do not explode on impact. A Commons foreign affairs committee report estimated that the weapons had a 10% failure rate. “Despite being the third biggest user of cluster bombs in the world over the last 10 years, the government hasn’t made any efforts to asses the harm these weapons cause to civilians,” said Oliver Sprague of Amnesty International. In a statement last night, the MoD said: “The UK is committed to improving reliability of all munitions, including cluster munitions, with the aim of achieving lower failure rates and leaving less unexploded ordnance. There is no internationally recognised definition for cluster munitions.” The statement added that an MoD assessment concluded “direct fire munitions” should not be classed as cluster weapons and that was the view shared by the Red Cross; “direct fire” normally means the gunner can see the intended target. Have Your Say: Human rights groups accuse MoD of hypocrisy over cluster bombs Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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