The New York-based group Human Rights Watch has estimated that hundreds of Iraqi civilian deaths could have been prevented if the U.S. had not relied on cluster bombs so heavily in civilian areas during the invasion of Iraq. The group is estimating 13,000 cluster munitions were fired. Those cluster bombs contained nearly 2 million sub-munitions.
Report: Hundreds of Civilian Deaths In Iraq Were Preventable
HeadlineDec 12, 2003