Tuesday, November 15, 2005
BBC: Pentagon Admits Using White Phosphorus As Incendiary Weapon In Falluja
You read that right. Not as "illumination", not even merely to provide a thick fog as cover for US tanks and troops (for who in their right minds would want to advance into a cloud of deadly fumes -- or did the Pentagon forget the lessons of World War One?), but as an actual weapon. Bob Johnson at DailyKos has the story.
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