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Other weapons of mass destruction in current use include:
*[http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/12/us-iraq-press.htm Cluster Munitions][http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=USATODAY.com+-+Cluster+bombs+kill+in+Iraq%2C+even+after+shooting+ends&expire=&urlID=8502158&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Firaq%2F2003-12-10-cluster-bomb-cover_x.htm&partnerID=1660]
*[[Depleted Uranium]] munitions are often called weapons of mass destruction. However, this term is misleading; it exaggerates their effect and downplays the effect of WMD as defined above. While DU penetrators are undeniably heinous weapons, they are much like dirty bombs. Dirty bombs in nuclear science circles and emergency preparedness literature are referred to as "weapons of mass disruption".
*Napalm
*so called "Reality TV"
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[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0908910.html ''Fighting Words: An Iraq War Glossary''] says that '''Weapons of mass destruction (WMD)''' are "chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. The ''Washington Post'' quoted historian Paul Fussell on the subject: 'A machine gun, properly fired, is a weapon of mass destruction. We're pretending that only awful and sinister people own weapons of mass destruction. We own them, too. We just call them something else.'"
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