Syria accused of cluster bomb use in civil war

This citizen journalism image taken from video provided by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows what Human Rights Watch says are cluster bombs dropped in Tamanea, Syria on Oct. 9, 2012. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said the use of such bombs in Syria's civil war is the latest sign of Syrian President Bashar Assad's disregard for his own people. Syrian government officials had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via Human Rights Watch)The Syrian regime was accused Sunday of dropping cluster bombs — indiscriminate scattershot munitions banned by most nations — in a new sign of desperation and disregard for its own people.


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