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Cluster bombs a threat

BEIRUT: Unexploded cluster bombs litter homes, gardens and highways across south Lebanon, the U.N. said on Friday, and the U.S. State Department was investigating whether Israel misused American-made weapons in civilian areas.

``There are about 285 cluster bomb locations across south Lebanon, and our teams are still doing surveys and adding new locations every day,'' said Dalya Farran, spokeswoman for the U.N. Mine Action Coordination Center, which has an office in the southern port city of Tyre. ``We find about 30 new locations per day,'' she said.

This week, the U.S. State Department began investigating whether Israel's use of cluster bombs in Lebanon violated secret agreements with Washington.

Since a U.N.-brokered cease-fire took hold Aug. 14, eight Lebanese have been killed by exploding ordnance, including two children, and 38 persons have been wounded, according to a U.N. count. — AP

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