Eight Iraqi children were killed when Gulf War bomb exploded in the southern city of Faw, the news agency INA said today.
"The explosion of a cluster bomb dropped on Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War has caused the martyrdom of eight children in Faw city," INA reported, quoting a letter to UN Secretary-General Mr Kofi Annan from Iraq's UN representative.
Iraq deactivated 194 cluster bombs and other types of explosives including missiles, different munitions, anti-armour and anti-personnel mines during the period from February 1st to March 31st, the letter said.
INA said the letter was circulated as an official document at the UN Security Council. It did not say when the children died.
The official press carries occasional reports of people being killed or wounded by such bombs, dropped during the US-led campaign to oust Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
