US Army Admits Use of White Phosphorus as Weapon
That's right. Not from Al Jazheera, or Al Arabiya, but the US fucking Army, in their very own publication, from the March edition of Field Artillery Magazine in an article entitled "The Fight for Fallujah":
http://sill-www.army.mil/FAMAG/Previous_Editions/05/mar-apr05/PAGE24-30.pdf
"WP [i.e., white phosphorus rounds] proved to be an effective and versatile munition. We used it for screening missions at two breeches and, later in the fight, as a potent psychological weapon against the insurgents in trench lines and spider holes when we could not get effects on them with HE. We fired 'shake and bake' missions at the insurgents, using WP to flush them out and HE to take them out."
Source: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/9/164137/436
http://sill-www.army.mil/FAMAG/Previous_Editions/05/mar-apr05/PAGE24-30.pdf
"WP [i.e., white phosphorus rounds] proved to be an effective and versatile munition. We used it for screening missions at two breeches and, later in the fight, as a potent psychological weapon against the insurgents in trench lines and spider holes when we could not get effects on them with HE. We fired 'shake and bake' missions at the insurgents, using WP to flush them out and HE to take them out."
Source: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/9/164137/436
posted by hal9k | 10:31
1 Comments:
Why deny it? There's nothing wrong with using it.
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