Wikileaks: UK allowed US to use cluster bomb 'loophole'

[theHandpuppet]

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11894759

Wikileaks: UK allowed US to use cluster bomb 'loophole'
By Stuart Hughes and Caroline Hawley BBC News

The UK kept quiet about a loophole allowing the US to continue storing banned cluster bombs on its territory, a leaked US diplomatic cable suggests.

A senior Foreign Office official is quoted in the message, sent in May 2009 and published by the Wikileaks website.

It suggested not formally agreeing an exception for "specific missions" until after the UK Parliament ratified the ban - thus avoiding debate among MPs.

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Britain was among more than 90 countries which signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in December 2008. The treaty bans the use of cluster bombs and prohibits signatories from assisting other countries to use, stockpile or transfer them....MORE

[Solly Mack]

1. Oh now..not a loophole...it's a bilateral relationship enhancement technique

Snort

[ixion]

2. Keep on rockin', Wikileaks

Let the sun shine in. :woohoo: