Turning the rules upside down Apr 23, 2007
A WP round -- an artillery shell carrying burning white phosphorus -- wounded three men, and Britt carried them, one by one, sliding down the rocky mountain. He later received the Korean Wharang Medal for valor. (The St. Augustine Record)
Church does attack other religions Apr 7, 2007
" What makes beheading less civilized than Napalm, depleted uranium ordinance, daisy cutters, 223 rounds designed to tumble through fleshy mass, carpet bombing, white phosphorus, smart bombs, shock and awe? Suffering and death are just that, no chivalry in volved.". DD wrote on April 05, 2007 5:10 PM:"The two threads below was the predominant thought of the LDS church in my childhood. I cannot allow my children to be taught that this type of hateful belief is the true gospel of Jesus Christ,... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
- Jonathan Holmes Apr 4, 2007
Despite their prohibition under several international treaties and by the Geneva conventions, white phosphorus and a napalm derivative were used without discrimination on the civilian population of a city the size of Edinburgh throughout 2004. "I noticed something in the garden and it was a body but I couldn't really recognise it, and it looked really bad - it was a body with the colour green, and I have never seen this in all my life, and my work is dealing with dead bodies.". (Guardian Unlimited)
Joint Chiefs Chairman Declares Homosexuality Immoral Mar 14, 2007
Pace has responded to the various crimes committed by the American militaryabuse and torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantnamo, the use of white phosphorus against the population of Fallujah, the massacre at Hadithawith a combination of stonewalling, evasion and denial ... On November 30, 2005, Pace defended the use of white phosphorus in Fallujah, declaring that such munitions were a legitimate tool of the military, used to illuminate targets and create smokescreens ... Pace contended that... (Ocnus.net)
Bush, Blair, Howard attacked at summit Feb 5, 2007
Visitors to the exhibition start by walking through a mock spray of white phosphorus, a chemical agent that burns flesh, before entering a torture chamber labelled "Torture methods used here were used on prisoners of Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib". Here, figures of naked men were gagged and strapped upside down to a metal-framed bed. (The Age)
Raina: Saddam's Execution Jan 2, 2007
Where Saddam had no WMDs, the imperialist invaders thought nothing of using genocidal weapons like cluster bombs, white phosphorus, and dirty uranium in pursuance of a Christian crusade ordained by God many thousands of miles from Manhattan. And, where the Bushies have been shown to have been in close oily embrace with the Bin Ladens for decades, (do recall that only one airplane was allowed to fly out of America after 9/11; it carried the entire Bin Laden clan. (Zmag.org)
Twenty years ago, hints of the style that would come to be Saddam's hallmarks Dec 30, 2006
Wispy clouds from white phosphorus shells, fired by the Iranians to mark targets, rose along the horizon. An Iraqi jeep sped by with a wounded soldier lying on a stretcher. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Wrightsville soldier grateful to be home this Christmas Dec 22, 2006
His New Year s wasn t much better as his unit s medical building was hit with extremely lethal white phosphorus, but luckily no one was injured. My time there was extraordinarily stressful, said Lovett. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) Oct 28, 2006
The report was produced by the same journalists who claimed without foundation that the US used White Phosphorus (WP) against civilians during attacks on Fallujah. According to the Israeli daily Haaretz, the weapon was launched from drones in the summer of 2006, most of them in July, and led to "abnormally serious" physical injuries. (Ocnus.net)
Israel admits use of phosphorus in Lebanon war Oct 24, 2006
White phosphorus weapons are not forbidden by international law, but the Geneva Conventions ban their use against civilians or in civilian areas ... Throughout the war Israel was accused of using controversial weapons, including white phosphorus and cluster munitions, against civilian targets ... White phosphorus is used by armies for producing smoke screens and as an incendiary. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Israel admits using phosphorus bomb Oct 23, 2006
The Geneva Conventions ban the use of white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon against civilian populations and in air attacks against military forces in civilian areas. Hospitals. (BBC News)
Israel admits phosphorous shell use Oct 23, 2006
Israel has admitted for the first time to using white phosphorus shells against military targets in southern Lebanon, an Israeli newspaper has reported ... White phosphorus munitions can cause severe burns and agonising deaths for its victims, leading to demands from many human rights organisations to classify it as a chemical weapon. (Aljazeera.Net)
The Israeli government confirmed on Sunday it had used controversial phosphorus shells during its monthlong war against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon this summer. Oct 23, 2006
Throughout the war, Israel was accused of using controversial weapons, including white phosphorus and cluster munitions against civilian targets. Both sides were accused of war crimes in their attacks on civilians by the human rights group, Human Rights Watch. (Xinhuanet, China)
Israel admits it used phosphorus weapons Oct 23, 2006
White phosphorus (WP) weapons are not forbidden by international law but some human rights groups believe they should be re-classified as chemical weapons and banned. The Israeli admission was made by the cabinet minister, Jacob Edery, who was questioned on the subject by Zahava Gal-On, a member of the Knesset. (Guardian Unlimited)
Veterans recall Vietnam version of 'M*A*S*H' Oct 9, 2006
"I remember the children with burns from white phosphorus and napalm," said Otstott of Fairfax, Va. who volunteers to help soldiers and families at Arlington National Cemetery and Walter Reed Army Hospital. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
Virtually dead in Iraq (49) Sep 17, 2006
Like can you do cool stuff like using white phosphorus to 'shake and bake ' as we did in Haditha. Are the graphics of people on fire and screaming of a high standard. (Salon)
A grim harvest in Afghan vineyards Sep 11, 2006
Part of the American's method involved shelling the perimeter of the field with white phosphorus, giving his troops a screen of burning smoke to hide and protect them as they weave among the grapes. Sometimes considered a chemical weapon but not banned by any treaty, white phosphorus -- or, as the lieutenant called it, Willy Pete -- billows out from a mortar shell and consumes the foliage with intense, lingering heat. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Jamail: World Sat By Aug 26, 2006
Right now, they are receiving over 2 billion dollars, and possible over 3 billion dollars every single year, either in grants, direct aid, or military hardware in the form of: F-16s, cluster bombs, jet fuel, tanks, laser guided weapons, white phosphorus weapons, all this was used very extensively in Southern Lebanon, and sometimes even in Southern Beirut. The hypocrisy is really hard to understand. (Zmag.org)
Canada is failing our ethical litmus test Aug 20, 2006
What's more, Human Rights Watch and other credible sources have charged that Israel is using white phosphorus, cluster bombs and other banned weapons in civilian areas. The IDF is clearly in violation of international law on many counts. (Toronto Star -- Life)
Loewenstein: Awakening the Resistance Aug 12, 2006
But US precision guided bombs, cluster bombs, white phosphorus, unmanned aerial drones, drones to guide the bombs, helicopters armed with missiles, F-16s, gun ships and state-of-the-art armed and trained ground forces with night vision surveillance and combat goggles have succeeded in uniting far more than the Lebanese behind the daring defiance of Hassan Nasrallah. . (Zmag.org)
A fight to the finish Aug 10, 2006
Mosques and churches have been hit; illegal weapons such as cluster bombs and white phosphorus used; and, as far as can be told at this early point, more than 90% of the victims killed have been civilians. As of this writing, the Lebanese government had already announced at least 900 deaths, and that number is now certainly well over 1,000. (Asia Times Online)
Gendzier: Lebanon Aug 2, 2006
The AP report indicated that the Geneva Conventions prohibit the use of "white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon against civilian populations and in air attacks against military forces in civilian areas.". . (Zmag.org)
Deeb: Hizballah Primer Aug 2, 2006
Lebanese doctors receiving dead and wounded have alleged that Israeli bombs contain white phosphorus, a substance that, if used in offensive operations, is considered an illegal chemical weapon. . (Zmag.org)
LEBANON: Israel defends its weapons Jul 27, 2006
Lebanons Information Minister Ghazi Aridi has said "Israel is using internationally prohibited weapons against civilians. Aridi failed to specify which weapons, but his comment followed claims that Israel had used bombs containing phosphorous.Phosphorus is a chemical that burns the skin and increases risk of mortality because of the absorption of chemicals into the body resulting in organ failure. White phosphorus continues to burn until consumed completely or deprived of oxygen. In some cases... (IRINnews.org)
ballistic missile Jul 11, 2006
A former U.S. soldier named Jeff Englehart said that he witnessed burned bodies, burned children, and burned women after a white phosphorus attack on in 2004. The U.S. denied that it had used white phosphorus in the attack ... After repeated denials, the finally admitted to using white phosphorus during the 2004 attack on. (Harper's Magazine)
Saddam Hussein's Jul 4, 2006
Saddam Hussein said through a lawyer that he wanted to sue and British Prime Minister Tony Blair for authorizing the use of weapons of mass destruction, such as white phosphorus, in Iraq. . (Harper's Magazine)
'Have you ever used a pistol?' Jul 2, 2006
Then, using white phosphorus grenades as cover, they moved left to take up firing positions behind the ridge. Again we were diving to the ground to avoid incoming fire, but this time it was to our left flank as well as the original direction. (TimesOnline)
Saddam Hussein Jun 20, 2006
Hussein, Saddam (Harpers. (Wednesday, April 28, 1937 - ). (Harper's Magazine)
The War Within Jun 12, 2006
The assault on Fallujah began Nov. 8, 2004, when U.S. planes, using a combination of high explosives and burning white phosphorus, hammered the city in advance of the artillery push. Miller was under fire from the moment he stepped out of the personnel carrier. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Donald Rudolph Sr., 85; Medal of Honor Winner May 29, 2006
Then, when his unit came under fire from a tank, he climbed onto the tank and dropped a white phosphorus grenade through the turret, killing the crew. According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History, "Rudolph cleared a path for an advance which culminated in one of the most decisive victories of the Philippine campaign.". (Los Angeles Times)
Kanazi: Multilateral Collusion May 25, 2006
The message Mr. Bush sent was clear: if you break international law long enough you get off scot-free (unless you're an Iraqi leader, apparently that gets your people white phosphorus showers and depleted uranium in their soil). But seriously, you can't just expel illegal Jewish fundamentalist squatters-even if they did dispossess the indigenous Palestinian population to make room for their lavish houses, swimming pools, "Jewish only" roads and pipelines that appropriated the Palestinian's water... (Zmag.org)
NGOs: Security Council Letter May 22, 2006
The MNF has used MK-77,(11) a napalm-type weapon, as well as white phosphorus munitions. (12) These have been used directly against ground targets in densely populated areas, under circumstances highly likely to affect civilian populations. (Zmag.org)
U.S. generals Apr 19, 2006
The U.S. Army denied that it had used white phosphorus in the attack. . (Harper's Magazine)
Achcar/Shalom: 'Out Now' Apr 19, 2006
Hersh reports that some Pentagon officials are worried about what it would mean to have Iraqis calling in bombing targets to the U.S. air force, but no matter who calls in the coordinates, white phosphorus, cluster munitions, and 500-pound bombs are not going to address the problem of the insurgency; indeed, they are going to generate more recruits for both the insurgency and terrorism. . (Zmag.org)
Iraq: The wages of chaos Mar 3, 2006
The actual culprit turned out to be white phosphorus, a weapon similar in effect to napalm, that US commanders recently admitted having deployed. Some things are not in dispute, however. (Asia Times Online)
Reining in the President Feb 13, 2006
Such a frame both allows and requires the entire spectrum of Bush Administration criminality to be painted as part of the same picture: not just warrantless domestic spying but lying to Congress about weapons of mass destruction; conducting an aggressive war in violation of international law; engaging in torture of terror suspects; outsourcing of torture through "rendition"; secret prisons; use of white phosphorus and other illegal weapons in Iraq; and multiple other violations of national and... (AlterNet.org)
Congress Stirs to Rein in the President (The Nation) Feb 11, 2006
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The power of blogsWhat big business and the mainstream media can learn from blogs Feb 10, 2006
I also benefited from the Daily Kos site when the issue of the use of white phosphorus by the US military in Iraq was under discussion. The Pentagon initially denied its use as a weapon but the bloggers were able to link to an article from an embedded reporter who had watched marines using it as such and to a report in an army magazine about its use in Falluja. (BBC News -- Technology)
- Sama Ramadani Feb 8, 2006
A few months before US soldiers boasted of using white phosphorus, the BBC's Paul Wood defended his reporting from Falluja in the November 2004 siege, telling Medialens: "I repeat the point made by my editors, over weeks of total access to the military operation, at all levels: we did not see banned weapons being used ... or even discussed. We cannot therefore report their use." Doctors and refugees fleeing US bombardment talked of "chemical attacks" and people "melting to death". But for the... (Guardian Unlimited)
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And again in 2004 of the use of poison White Phosphorus in Fallujah, Iraq. Rumsfeld was a co-conspirator of then CIA operative Osama Bin Laden during the 1980s when the Russians where fighting the Afghans in Afghanistan. (AlterNet.org)
