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11.05.2001 || 15h22 Cluster Bombs OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Alexa McDonough said in the Commons Tuesday Canadians want to know what role their country has in shaping strategy for the current campaign in Afghanistan. "For example," Ms. McDonough said, "the U.S. is dropping cluster bombs. Cluster bombs are like landmines, a lethal weapon killing innocent civilians, particularly children, something that Canada has strongly opposed in the past. Did Canada approve of the use of cluster bombs? Was Canada even consulted on the use of cluster bombs?" She said Canadians want to know if this coalition means every partner has a say. "Is that not the point of a coalition?" she asked. "Yet in Afghanistan it appears that the United States alone seems to be making the decisions about strategy, about tactics and about targets." I must ask the same thing, though I'm pleased as punch about Rumsfeld's announcement that US bombs are being fired with more accuracy now that there are US troops on the ground in Afghanistan. It's amazing how the accuracy of your bombs gets better when your own people are under them... |
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