Military

Despite Ban, Germany Condones U.S. Transiting Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

Mary Wareham / Responsible Statecraft Jul 30, 2024 Berlin signed a ban on such weapons but is now being coy about the arms being stored and transferred from bases there. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

U.S. Cluster Bombs Kill Russian Children at Beach

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Jun 26, 2024 The bombing severely escalates tensions for the U.S. in Russia, but it barely makes the news here at home. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Military

Why Is Biden Giving Cluster Bombs to Ukraine?

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Jul 13, 2023 “In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See”: Biden and Cluster Munitions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Cluster Bomb Damage

Kevin Siers Jul 13, 2023 Dig deeper

Fact: The United States Tortured People

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2013 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: A bipartisan panel tries to end the debate on torture so we don't do it again, U.S. terrorism, why Congress is free to ignore demand for gun control and the best show you're not watching. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

277 Million Boston Bombings

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 23, 2013 The horror of Boston should be a reminder that the choice of weaponry can be in itself an act of evil. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gadhafi Forces Fire Into Residential Areas

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2011 Reports are in that Moammar Gadhafi’s forces are firing into residential neighborhoods with cluster bombs and ground-to-ground rockets, weapons criticized for their indiscriminate trajectories, as loyalists vow to crush the anti-Gadhafi rebellion in the city of Misurata. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America’s Bombs Are Still Exploding in Laos

Staff / Truthdig Jun 10, 2009 When the United States finished bombing Laos back in the early 1970s, it left behind an estimated 80 million unexploded bombs. They are still exploding, maiming an average of 300 people a year in the sparsely populated country. What horrors will our current adventures bring decades from now? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cluster Bomb Treaty Steps Forward

Staff / Truthdig Dec 3, 2008 It looks like a pact to ban current cluster bomb designs will take another step forward, with more than 100 countries slated to sign the treaty in the next couple of days. However, the U.S., Russia and China -- the largest cluster bomb manufacturers -- so far have refused to sign on. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Truant as Cluster Bomb Treaty Is Signed

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2008 One hundred eleven countries have signed a comprehensive ban on the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster bombs, concluding a 12-day meeting on the issue in Dublin. Notably absent from the list of signatories was the U.S. -- the largest cluster bomb manufacturer in the world -- as well as military heavyweights Israel, Russia, China, India and Pakistan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israeli Bombing ‘Broke U.S. Arms Deal Terms’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2007 A preliminary investigation by the State Department has found that Israel's cluster bombing of civilian areas of Lebanon violated terms of an arms agreement with the United States. Israel receives roughly $2 billion annually in military assistance from the U.S., but Washington places classified conditions on how American munitions can be used. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Denounces Israel for Use of Cluster Bombs

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2006 UN experts have found over 100,000 unexploded cluster bomblets throughout Lebanon The cluster bombs, most of which were dropped in the last 72 hours of the conflict, continue to injure and kill Lebanese civilians (Also: What is a cluster bomb? ). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )