ATFL and State Department "Team-Up" to Remove Deadly Cluster Bomblets in Lebanon

WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Task Force for
Lebanon (ATFL) is spearheading a campaign - with support from the U.S.
Department of State - to raise money to continue clearing thousands of
unexploded cluster bomblets in Lebanon.

The Department of State will provide an additional $200,000 - a two-for-one
match - for every dollar ATFL raises, up to $100,000. This $300,000 will be
sufficient to keep ten full demining teams in the field for an entire month,
clearing cluster bomblets and saving the lives of innocent civilians.

Here are grim statistics from August 14, 2006 to March 31, 2009: 21 civilians
were killed; 204 civilians were injured; 14 deminers were killed; 43 expert
deminers were injured.

The American Red Cross has commended ATFL and the Department of State for
their humanitarian effort to remove unexploded bomblets in Lebanon. The
Honorable Thomas A. Nassif, ATFL Chairman, and three current members of
Congress, Representatives Darrell Issa, Nick Rahall, and Charles Boustany,
Jr., are participating in the campaign.

Click on the following link to view the full text of the ATFL letter about the
problem of cluster bomblets in south Lebanon and ATFL's campaign to address
the problem:

http://action.atfl.org/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1145814

SOURCE American Task Force for Lebanon

George T. Cody, Ph.D., ATFL Executive Director, +1-202-223-9333