Omar and Jacobs Introduce Amendment to Prohibit US Transfer of Cluster Munitions

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Omar and Jacobs Introduce Amendment to Prohibit US Transfer of Cluster Munitions
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'If the U.S. is going to be a leader on international human rights, we must not participate in human rights abuses,' said Rep. IlhanMN.

out of the House Armed Services Committee last month, states that"no military assistance shall be furnished for cluster munitions, no defense export license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or transferred."Thursday, Jacobs said she opposes and is"alarmed by" the Biden administration's decision to send U.S.

"Cluster munitions keep killing long after their initial use with the potential to injure and kill civilians, especially young children, for generations," Jacobs said, referring to the fact that cluster bombs often fail to explode on impact, leaving behind what are effectively landmines. "We've already seen these weapons hurt civilians in other post-war contexts like Cambodia and Vietnam," Jacobs added,"and we should do everything in our power to prevent that suffering, dismemberment, and death."that"if the U.S. is going to be a leader on international human rights, we must not participate in human rights abuses."

"We can support the people of Ukraine in their freedom struggle, while also opposing violations of international law," said Omar, deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

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