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Barrel bombs spread as governments use crude weapons
Governments in the Mideast and Africa increasingly deploy barrel bombs to blunt insurgents. The devices, dropable from aircraft or helicopters, are fuellike improvised explosive devices that devastate areas and threaten civilians, with reports from Syria Iraq and Sudan highlighting rising usage and international concern.
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Washington
Mideast
Africa
Iraq
Syria
Sudan
Michael Knights
Washington Institute For Near East Policy
Susan Rice
U.S
United Nations
Bashar Assad
State Department
Aleppo
Anbar
Baghdad
Nouri al- Maliki
Fallujah
Associated Press
Ahmed Abdul-Salam
Abu Yassin