I know this is kind of old news (11/17) but I haven't seen any mention of it on here.
Anyway, the following article (although what has been done can never be undone), at least it is a step toward accountability. Those who took time to discuss this issue a couple of weeks ago, (whether for or against the use) helped raise enough awarness in less than one week, forcing the GOV'T to take responsibility. The truth is important, especially down the line when it comes time for the perpatraitors to answer!!!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/17/1515223
The U.S. government has now admitted its troops used white phosphorous as an incendiary weapon against Iraqis during the assault on Fallujah a year ago. Chemical weapons experts say such attacks are in violation of international law banning the use of chemical weapons
White phosphorous is often compared to napalm because it combusts spontaneously when exposed to oxygen and can burn right through skin to the bone.
The Pentagon"s admission comes after a week of denials that it used white phosphorous as a weapon in Fallujah...
On that same day Democracy Now aired an excerpt of the documentary and interviewed Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, the director of the Pentagon's Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad. During our show Boylan denied the claims made in the documentary that white phosphorous was used as a weapon to target Iraqis.
Lt. Col. Steve Boylan interviewed on Democracy Now, Nov. 8, 2005..
But the Pentagon was caught in a lie after it was revealed that an official Army publication called Field Artillery magazine had disclosed that the Army had in fact used white phosphorous as a weapon.
Anyway, the following article (although what has been done can never be undone), at least it is a step toward accountability. Those who took time to discuss this issue a couple of weeks ago, (whether for or against the use) helped raise enough awarness in less than one week, forcing the GOV'T to take responsibility. The truth is important, especially down the line when it comes time for the perpatraitors to answer!!!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/17/1515223
The U.S. government has now admitted its troops used white phosphorous as an incendiary weapon against Iraqis during the assault on Fallujah a year ago. Chemical weapons experts say such attacks are in violation of international law banning the use of chemical weapons
White phosphorous is often compared to napalm because it combusts spontaneously when exposed to oxygen and can burn right through skin to the bone.
The Pentagon"s admission comes after a week of denials that it used white phosphorous as a weapon in Fallujah...
On that same day Democracy Now aired an excerpt of the documentary and interviewed Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, the director of the Pentagon's Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad. During our show Boylan denied the claims made in the documentary that white phosphorous was used as a weapon to target Iraqis.
Lt. Col. Steve Boylan interviewed on Democracy Now, Nov. 8, 2005..
But the Pentagon was caught in a lie after it was revealed that an official Army publication called Field Artillery magazine had disclosed that the Army had in fact used white phosphorous as a weapon.
