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The American helicopters had strafed the Iranian vessels Mahdavi oversaw with machine guns, rockets and “�ڱ�é�����ٳٱ�” rounds — small metal darts.

Kay’s sumptuous bath had to be set up in the box-room, between two towel-horses and an old box of selected games which contained a worn-out straw dart-board—it was called flechette in those days—because all the other rooms were full of packing.

A 2011 report by a Israeli nongovernmental organization, B’Tselem, argued that the use of flechette shells in civilian areas was in breach of human rights.

“If the allegations of flechette shells being used are true, then that is very serious,” Andrew Smith of the Campaign Against Arms Trade told Newsweek.