white phosphorus in iraq

* the pentagon has admitted it uses chemical weapons:

"The Pentagon has confirmed that US troops used white phosphorus during last year's offensive in the northern Iraqi city of Falluja.

[snip]
Col Venable said a statement by the US state department that white phosphorus had not been used was based on "poor information"

[snip]

And he said it had been used in Falluja, but it was "conventional munition", not a chemical weapon." (link)

Poor information? fuckers. its been a whole fucking year since this happened, and the claims have been out there ever since - after 12 months of denying it, suddenly they have been able to clear up the 'poor information' after the RAI documentary (and a couple more weeks of feeble attempts at denial)

lets go back to the State website on 'conspiracy theories' from july of this year:

"Another highly controversial issue is that of forbidden weapons, such as chemical or biological weapons. The United States is regularly, and falsely, accused of using these weapons."

and if you arent sure whether WP is a 'conventional munition' or a 'chemical weapon' - lets be clear that it is a) chemical, and b) a weapon

here's how Hunter tried to describe it (go read the rest):

"First, I think it should be a stated goal of United States policy to not melt the skin off of children.

As a natural corollary to this goal, I think the United States should avoid dropping munitions on civilian neighborhoods which, as a side effect, melt the skin off of children. You can call them "chemical weapons" if you must, or far more preferably by the more proper name of "incendiaries". The munitions may or may not precisely melt the skin off of children by setting them on fire; they do melt the skin off of
children, however, through robust oxidation of said skin on said children, which is indeed colloquially known as "burning". But let's try to avoid, for now, the debate over the scientific phenomenon of exactly how the skin is melted, burned, or caramelized off of the aforementioned children. I feel quite confident that others have put more thought into the matter of how to melt the skin off of children than I have, and will trust their judgment on the matter.
Now, I know that we may be melting the skin off of children in order to give them freedom, or to prevent Saddam Hussein from possibly melting the skins off of those children at some future date. These are good and noble things to bring children, especially the ones who have not been killed by melting their skin."

it's just fucking wrong.

and it wasnt the only war-crime in fallujah.

and i cant imagine that fallujah is the only place that WP has been used.

here's a flashback to aug, 03:

"And, the distinctive fireball and smell have a psychological impact on troops, experts said.
"The generals love napalm," said (Col. Randolph Alles, commander of Marine Air Group 11 in iraq). "It has a big psychological effect.""