Fighter Jet Kills 10 Children in Syria

Playground hit by cluster bomb in village east of Damascus

Activists in Syria say a government jet has dropped a cluster bomb on a playground, leaving 10 children dead.

Video posted on the internet showed children's bodies on the ground with their mothers grieving over them.

The children were killed when a MiG fighter bombed a playground in the village of Deir al-Asafir, east of Damascus, opposition activists said.

Intensive fighting has continued around the capital. Rebel fighters captured at least part of an airbase on Sunday.

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[Jan Eek]

In 2008 a Convention was signed to abandon the use of cluster ammunition. 107 countries signed. Three important countries did not. China, Russia and USA and of course Israel. China and Russia was to be expected, and especially Israel who actively use this horrible ammunition. But the US? With their high moral standards, the protector of Human Rights worldwide,"the Greatest Democracy in the World" according to themselves. Why have they not signed this treaty? Even a number of US Military "have long argued they are outmoded and immoral because of the dangers posed to civilians from bombs that do not explode and litter the ground like land mines."???The last meeting was in Oslo in September 2012?..

What is the use of this weapon?

How many children are killed and maimed every year because of this horrible weapon?

"Nearly all victims ? 94% ? are civilians, and 40% are children," said Elizabeth MacNairn, executive director of Handicap International U.S. "The report counts between 20,000 and 54,000 cluster munition victims, who will need life-long assistance, and access to a range of health care and support to be fully included in society. Their families and communities also need help."

So WHY???