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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 31, 2008
Negotiators of a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs predicted the pact will make it too politically painful for the United States ever to use the weapons again. The treaty formally adopted Friday in Dublin, Ireland, by 111 nations, including many of America's major NATO partners, would outlaw all current designs of cluster munitions and require destruction of stockpiles within eight years. It also opens the possibility that European allies could order U.S. bases located in their countries to remove cluster bombs from their stocks. The United States and other leading cluster bomb makers--Russia, China, Israel, India and Pakistan--boycotted the talks.
May 31, 2008
Negotiators of a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs predicted the pact will make it too politically painful for the United States ever to use the weapons again. The treaty formally adopted Friday in Dublin, Ireland, by 111 nations, including many of America's major NATO partners, would outlaw all current designs of cluster munitions and require destruction of stockpiles within eight years. It also opens the possibility that European allies could order U.S. bases located in their countries to remove cluster bombs from their stocks. The United States and other leading cluster bomb makers--Russia, China, Israel, India and Pakistan--boycotted the talks.