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Syria denies using cluster bombs
By the
CNN Wire Staff
updated 9:14 PM EDT, Mon October 15, 2012
"The General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces stressed on Monday that the misleading media outlets have recently published untrue news claiming the Syrian Arab Army has been using cluster bombs against terrorists," the government's term for rebels, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
"In a statement, the General Command said the Syrian Army does not possess such bombs, stressing that those news (reports) are untrue and come in the framework of misleading media which is aimed at diverting the public opinion from the practices of the armed terrorist groups against civilians."
The report came a day after the publication of a human rights report that accuses the Syrian air force of using Russian-made cluster bombs.
Citing videos and witness accounts, Human Rights Watch said Syrian government forces were using the bombs. The report says the cluster bombs are Soviet-made, but it also says it's unclear how or when Syria may have acquired them.
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