Cluster Bomb Survivors Meet with Religious, Community Leaders; Press Senators, Candidates to Ban Cluster Bombs
September 17, 2008
September 17, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Friends Committee on National Legislation issued the following news release:
A 17-year old Afghani boy who lost both legs to a cluster bomb, the father of a five-year-old boy killed by these weapons in south Lebanon, and the mother of a U.S. Marine who died in Iraq while cleaning up U.S. dropped cluster bomblets will travel to key mid-western states in October. The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs is arranging the October 6-15 tour to Il . . .
A 17-year old Afghani boy who lost both legs to a cluster bomb, the father of a five-year-old boy killed by these weapons in south Lebanon, and the mother of a U.S. Marine who died in Iraq while cleaning up U.S. dropped cluster bomblets will travel to key mid-western states in October. The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs is arranging the October 6-15 tour to Il . . .