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Cluster Bomb Survivors Visit Midwest
September 24, 2008.... .A 17-year old Afghani boy who lost both legs to a cluster bomb, the father of a five-year-old boy killed by these weapons in south Lebanon, and the mother of a U.S. Marine who died in Iraq while cleaning up U.S. dropped cluster bomblets will travel to key mid-western states in October.
The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs is arranging the October 6-15 tour to Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio to build public support for Senate legislation that would effectively ban the U.S. from using and exporting cluster bombs.
Follow ther tour's progress on their blog.
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Bailout Must Include Authorizing Courts to Modify Mortgages (10/2/2008)
Why FCNL Met with President Ahmadinejad (9/30/2008)
2nd Emergency Funding Request for Domestic Human Needs (9/24/2008)
FCNL Urges Congress to Block Sale of Bunker Buster Bombs to Israel (9/24/2008)
FCNL in the News
Ahmadinejad Meets US Peace Movement (The Nation, 9/25/08)
U.S. must start to reengage with the world Letter to the Editor (The Daily Journal, 9/11/08)
Former Delandite offers insight on Iran (DeLand-Deltona Beacon, 9/10/08)
The Outlook on a Triple-Superpower World by Helena Cobban (Christian Science Monitor, 8/22/08)
Try Diplomacy in Georgia Letter to the Editor (Santa Cruz Sentinel, 8/17/08)
A Ruling Shortchanges Native Americans Letter to the Editor (Washington Post, 8/17/08)
Whether to drop the atom bomb: the zero-sum spin Letter to the Editor (Montclair Times, 8/14/08)
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