Report: Gadhafi's Forces Are Now Using Clustrer Bombs In Lybia's Civilian Areas

Residents of Misurata survey the damage to a mosque in the Qasr Ahmed neighborhood of the city. Bryan Denton for The New York Times

Qaddafi Forces Fire Cluster Bombs Into Civilian Areas -- New York Times

MISURATA, Libya — Military forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who have surrounded this city and vowed to crush its anti-Qaddafi rebellion, have been firing into residential neighborhoods with heavy weapons, including cluster bombs that have been banned by much of the world and ground-to-ground rockets, according to the accounts of witnesses and survivors and physical evidence on the ground.

Such “indiscriminate” weapons, which strike large areas with a dense succession of high-explosive munitions, by their nature cannot be fired precisely, and when fired into populated areas place civilians at grave risk.

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My Comment: When these type of bombs are used in civilian areas .... the intent is clear .... to terrorize and murder as many people as possible.