Fwd: US use of white phosphorus revealed

[Guest guest]

" 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. "

 

Full story at:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/7/11819/9522