Wikileaks: UK allowed US to use cluster bomb ‘loophole’
By Stuart Hughes and Caroline Hawley BBC News Continue reading the main story Wikileaks Revelations Key issues Has Wikileaks cost lives? Bumpy ride ahead for US diplomats UK criticised in cables A confidential cable released by the whistle-blowing website, Wikileaks, and the Guardian newspaper appears to show that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office kept quiet about a loophole that allows the US to continue storing cluster bombs on British territory, despite an international ban on the weapons. The message was sent in May 2009 from the US Embassy in London. Dropped from the air or fired from the ground, cluster munitions release small bomblets over a wide area….
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Wikileaks: UK allowed US to use cluster bomb ‘loophole’
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