[Marinir] Banned Weapon used in Iraq

[aditya kusuma wardhana]

Forumners...i got this from my friend...
I just wondering,so surprised....its really happened
in Iraq...

US confirms white phosphorus use in Fallujah

The United States military has confirmed that its use
of white phosphorus to quell last year's insurgency in
the Iraqi city of Fallujah went beyond creating
smokescreens and illumination shells.

US officials now say white phosphorus was used as an
incendiary weapon in the Fallujah assault, something
the Pentagon has previously denied.

While the use of white phosphorous is not illegal and
it is not classified as a chemical weapon, analysts
say the disclosure is a public relations blow for the
US military.

A spokesman for the Pentagon, Colonel Barry Venable,
has explained how the US military used the substance.

"It was used as an incendiary weapon against enemy
combatants," he said.

"One technique is to fire a white phosphorous round or
rounds into the position, because the combined effects
of the fire and smoke will drive them out of the holes
so that you can kill them with high explosives."

"White phosphorus is a conventional munition. It is
not a chemical weapon. They are not outlawed or
illegal."

He denied media reports that US forces used white
phosphorus against civilians.

Italy's state television RAI claimed last week the
highly flammable munitions were used against
insurgents and civilians in Fallujah in November last
year.

The RAI documentary, Fallujah - The Hidden Massacre,
said the US military used a kind of napalm and white
phosphorus in the battle, a claim denied by the US
State Department.

Robert Tuttle, US ambassador to Britain, wrote in a
letter published by The Independent newspaper on
Tuesday that "US forces do not use napalm or white
phosphorus as weapons".

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Aditya Kusuma



		
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