CLUSTER BOMBS MADE IN USA


	CLUSTER BOMBS MADE IN USA

klippety

10-14-2008 5:49 PM

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klippety says:

Continued refusal of this and past administrations to join the World Community in the Effort to BAN these vicious munitions, it is time to put more pressure on the candidates and the new president

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