La Repubblica, November 7:
"In soldier slang they call it Willy Pete. The technical name is white phosphorus. In theory its purpose is to illumine enemy positions in the dark. In practice, it was used as a chemical weapon in the rebel stronghold of Fallujah. And it was used not only against enemy combatants and guerrillas, but again innocent civilians. The Americans are responsible for a massacre using unconventional weapons, the identical charge for which Saddam Hussein stands accused. An investigation by RAI News 24, the all-news Italian satellite television channel, has pulled the veil from one of the most carefully concealed mysteries from the front in the entire US military campaign in Iraq."
A truly explosive revelation but sadly unsurprising. America has long used chemical weapons in its arsenal and yet condemns other nations for doing so.
America is a rogue state, but then, that's a view shared by many across the world and growing daily.
UPDATE: Watch the documentary here.
"In soldier slang they call it Willy Pete. The technical name is white phosphorus. In theory its purpose is to illumine enemy positions in the dark. In practice, it was used as a chemical weapon in the rebel stronghold of Fallujah. And it was used not only against enemy combatants and guerrillas, but again innocent civilians. The Americans are responsible for a massacre using unconventional weapons, the identical charge for which Saddam Hussein stands accused. An investigation by RAI News 24, the all-news Italian satellite television channel, has pulled the veil from one of the most carefully concealed mysteries from the front in the entire US military campaign in Iraq."
A truly explosive revelation but sadly unsurprising. America has long used chemical weapons in its arsenal and yet condemns other nations for doing so.
America is a rogue state, but then, that's a view shared by many across the world and growing daily.
UPDATE: Watch the documentary here.
7 Comments:
Ah Shab, can't face reality? Your beloved freedom lovers may use chemical weapons? Actually, I'm sure you won't care, they're only Arabs anyway.
You're right. The Left is to blame for all the lies, distortions and deaths, not the actual governments in power and the military.
LET'S NOT FORGET; everything is about THE CULTURE WARS, THE LEFT VS RIGHT, EVERYTHING!
shab, your worldview is simply boring and redundant. your inability to see anything other than through the left/right paradigm says a lot. Pathetic, really.
How does it feel fighting a new battle about THE LEFT every day? Brave soldier.
Joker.
"Your blog is Noam Chomsky on the 12th carbon."
I'll take that as a compliment, freedom fighter and bid you farewell. And really, stick around if you like getting angry, but you won't be missed if you, well, disappear.
When the 1st reports of the burns suffered I was pretty sure it was white sulphur. I was convinced of around 6 months ago after reading some medical reports on the victims.
For myself I do not believe one weopon is "worse" or more "evil". This whole War is wrong. All the dead, maimed and heart break has been caused by a big fat bloody pack of lies.
Peace.
The article Ant links to is a crock.
Looks like the Italian article is a beatup to present something that is "new" and dangerous and therefore American.
White phos or WP is recorded as being first used by Irish nationalists in the 19th century. It had limited use in WWII and extensive use as a grenade or aerial bomb in Vietnam. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_phosphorus_incendiary How do you use hyperlink's here?)
WP causes smoke and explosion and is an incendiary. It is not a true chemical weapon just as smoke isn't.
It may have been all new and easily categorised by inexperienced journalists but they are not experts or merchants of death.
If they want something truly gruesome good old napalm pored into tunnels, say in Afghanistan, can cause slow asphyxiation.
What? The West conducts state terrorism? America is a terrorist state? Get out of town.
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