Rights Group: Hezbollah Fired Bombs Illegally
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JERUSALEM — Human-rights campaigners accused Hezbollah yesterday of illegally firing cluster bombs into Israel during the war this summer.
While Israel has been repeatedly criticized for its heavy use of cluster sub-munitions in southern Lebanon, the accusation by Human Rights Watch was the first time that a similar charge has been made against the Shiite militant group.
Although not on the same scale as the Israeli use of bomblets, the fact that Hezbollah possessed the weapons, regarded as illegal by many countries, raises concerns about proliferation of illicit arms.
