print email comment close Bombies URL: http://www.itvs.org/bombies/ Description: Website companion to a documentary about cluster bombs ("small explosive bomblets carried in a large cannister that opens in mid-air, scattering them over a wide area.") and their effect in Laos following 1964 through 1973, when "the United States conducted a 'secret' war, dropping over two million tons of bombs on the mountains and jungles of Laos." Includes a fact sheet on cluster bombs, which were called "bombies" by Laotians. From Independent Television Service (ITVS). Publisher: Independent Television Service (ITVS) Extra Keywords munitions CBU canister LII Database Information: Record 26235 created by Jennifer English on 06/02/2008 Last modification on 06/03/2008 Published: 06/12/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26235