U.S. admits using white phosphorous as weapon
Tuesday, Nov. 8th 2005, on Democracy Now!
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Boylan (spokesperson for the U.S. military in Iraq): "I know of no cases where people were deliberately targeted by the use of white phosphorus."
One week later, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005:
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/16/white.phosphorous.ap/
"Lt. Col. Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman, said that while white phosphorous is used most frequently to mark targets or obscure positions, it was used at times in Falluja as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants."
Venable also said "It was not used against civilians."
Yeah, right. Stay tuned.
- Vox
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Boylan (spokesperson for the U.S. military in Iraq): "I know of no cases where people were deliberately targeted by the use of white phosphorus."
One week later, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005:
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/16/white.phosphorous.ap/
"Lt. Col. Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman, said that while white phosphorous is used most frequently to mark targets or obscure positions, it was used at times in Falluja as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants."
Venable also said "It was not used against civilians."
Yeah, right. Stay tuned.
- Vox
posted by VoxInfo at 11:28 AM
3 Comments:
I can't believe that the US military would actually, knowingly, use any weapon against civilains. What would be the point? Wanton killing?
2 words: Nagasaki & Hiroshima.
2 more words: My Lai
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