The Tribune 

Gulf War II — in pictures
April 6, 2003

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A British Royal Air Force Harrier GR7 engineering technician (propulsion) Darren Dowd has a bomb-trolley of cluster bombs reflected in his sunglasses prior to the bombs being loaded onto an aircraft in Kuwait on April 4, 2003. The United States admits it has used them in Iraq; Britain says it has them, but would not use them in built-up areas; Iraq says they have killed dozens of civilians; and human rights groups insist they should be banned. Cluster bombs are deadly but unpredictable -- each contain over 200 bomblets the size of a drinks can which scatter over an area the size of two soccer pitches, most exploding on impact and capable of tearing through quarter of an inch of steel. — Reuters