Libya denies using cluster bombs as ‘children pick them up’
They pose a huge risk to civilians, both during attacks because of their indiscriminate nature and afterward because of the still-dangerous unexploded duds scattered about.
“Rebel fighters scour the city to collect the debris of war. From a pick-up truck filled with the contorted metal of half exploded rockets, they show this correspondent an unexploded Spanish produced MAT - 120 cluster bomb.
“(Friday) was the bloodiest day in the last week because of Gaddafi’s use of Grad rockets and cluster bombs,” said Atewah who has taken leave from his hospital in Stoke-on-Trent in the UK, to help in Misrata.