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H11163

Headlines : Government

Summary:

More details emerge on Israel’s “proportionate response”.

MLRS is a track or tire carried mobile rocket launching platform, capable of firing a very high volume of mostly unguided munitions. The basic rocket fired by the platform is unguided and imprecise, with a range of about 32 kilometers. The rockets are designed to burst into sub-munitions at a planned altitude in order to blanket enemy army and personnel on the ground with smaller explosive rounds.

[Posted By Ryz]

By Meron Rappaport
Republished from Ha'aretz

IDF artillery soldiers tell of the use of cluster bombs and phosphorus shells, most of it in the final 10 days of the war

“What we did was insane and monstrous, we covered entire towns in cluster bombs,” the head of an IDF rocket unit in Lebanon said regarding the use of cluster bombs and phosphorous shells during the war.

Quoting his battalion commander, the rocket unit head stated that the IDF fired around 1,800 cluster bombs, containing over 1.2 million cluster bomblets.

In addition, soldiers in IDF artillery units testified that the army used phosphorous shells during the war, widely forbidden by international law. According to their claims, the vast majority of said explosive ordinance was fired in the final 10 days of the war.

The rocket unit commander stated that Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) platforms were heavily used in spite of the fact that they were known to be highly inaccurate.

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Born and raised in The Netherlands and living in Canada since 2000. Spent most of his professional career in the IT industry for corporations. Now self-employed. Loves music, graphics, science, politics and various other things that happen to pass in...

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One has to wonder what these IDF “heroes” see when they look in a mirror. How could a sane woman bear children of such a man? What might his children think of him? How would his own parents justify what he has done? What self-delusion could possibly keep him from suicide, once he sees himself accurately? Of what use is he to humanity?

gazoobi @ 09/15/06 10:21:53