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Annan Continues To Denounce Israel: Cluster Bombing ´Immoral´

(IsraelNN.com) (IsraelNN.com) United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan continued to condemn Israel Thursday, focusing attention on what he called Israel's "immoral" use of cluster bombs against Hizbullah terrorists. Cluster bombs are small metallic canisters that are ejected from artillery shells in mid-flight.

He spoke during a visit to Jordan after having visited Israeli, where he met Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials. Jan Egeland, who helps head the world body's humanitarian affairs department, initiated the charges Wednesday. He said that up to 100,000 unexploded cluster bomblets are scattered in southern Lebanon.

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