Iraq: Pentagon changes story on white phosphorus weapons
bbcnews: The Pentagon has confirmed that US troops used white phosphorus during last year's offensive in the Iraqi city of Falluja.
"It was used as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants," spokesman Lt Col Barry Venable told the BBC - though not against civilians, he said.
The US earlier denied it had been used in Falluja at all. Read more
db: This story broke on BBC Radio 4 'PM' yesterday afternoon. The above BBC link has the interview with Pentagon spokesman Lt Col Barry Venable. However the 'PM' item is worth listening to in full - we have uploaded it to 'putfile' and it's available here - [WMA audio - 500KB]
The latest interest in the US use of WP was prompted by an Italian TV video titled Fallujah - The Hidden Massacre which is available here - [WMV video download]
See The Chemical Weapons Convention and 1925 Geneva Protocol
"It was used as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants," spokesman Lt Col Barry Venable told the BBC - though not against civilians, he said.
The US earlier denied it had been used in Falluja at all. Read more
db: This story broke on BBC Radio 4 'PM' yesterday afternoon. The above BBC link has the interview with Pentagon spokesman Lt Col Barry Venable. However the 'PM' item is worth listening to in full - we have uploaded it to 'putfile' and it's available here - [WMA audio - 500KB]
The latest interest in the US use of WP was prompted by an Italian TV video titled Fallujah - The Hidden Massacre which is available here - [WMV video download]
See The Chemical Weapons Convention and 1925 Geneva Protocol
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