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Re: cluster bombs



On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:54 AM, Jim Devine wrote:

NY [TIMES] off-leads Israel asking the U.S. to speed
up delivery of a cluster-bomb rocket system that Israel thinks could
help against Hezbollah.

The NYT displays Olympic-quality skills in euphemism in the headline on this story: "Israel asks U.S. to ship rockets with wide blast." Presumably "cluster bombs" would be too rude.

Doug



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