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| 53. US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war - UK Independent |
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The Independent By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor 17 June 2005 American officials lied to British ministers over the use of "internationally reviled" napalm-type firebombs in Iraq. Yesterday's disclosure led to calls by MPs for a full statement to the Commons and opened ministers to allegations that they held back the facts until after the general election. Despite persistent rumours of injuries among Iraqis consistent with the use of incendiary weapons such as napalm, Adam Ingram, the Defence minister, assured Labour MPs in January that US forces had not used a new generation of incendiary weapons, codenamed MK77, in Iraq. But Mr Ingram admitted to the Labour MP Harry Cohen in a private letter obtained by The Independent that he had inadvertently misled Parliament because he had been misinformed by the US. "The US confirmed to my officials that they had not used MK77s in Iraq at any time and this was the basis of my response to you," he told Mr Cohen. "I regret to say that I have since discovered that this is not the case and must now correct the position." See link http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?sto... The shit just keeps coming!!! |
| -(Independent) US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war |
evermind |
Jun-16-05 07:15 PM |
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Hmmmm |
Singular73 |
Jun-16-05 07:16 PM |
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In Fahrenheit 911 didn't the soldiers interviewed talk about |
Charles19 |
Jun-17-05 08:14 AM |
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There was video of people who looked like they had been |
Scout1071 |
Jun-17-05 08:59 AM |
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More * lies coming to the surface, we will never be able to live this down |
GetTheRightVote |
Jun-16-05 07:17 PM |
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More war crimes...we're just making freinds left and right these days. |
dicksteele |
Jun-16-05 07:27 PM |
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So, it's confirmed. They did use it. |
Straight Shooter |
Jun-16-05 07:27 PM |
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and worms get squished!!!!!!! yup-- |
rodeodance |
Jun-16-05 07:31 PM |
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Hadn't thought of that. |
Straight Shooter |
Jun-16-05 07:35 PM |
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Just when you think it couldn't be any more cruel and horrific ... |
ElectroPrincess |
Jun-16-05 08:05 PM |
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I remember when this picture first appeared. |
Daphne08 |
Jun-17-05 05:19 AM |
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Yeah, I remember all the denials |
HeeBGBz |
Jun-17-05 07:06 AM |
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Suspicions that US used napalm in Fallujah, as reported by Arab press |
IndianaGreen |
Jun-16-05 07:28 PM |
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Dear God. |
BeHereNow |
Jun-16-05 07:32 PM |
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It most certainly is, in deed my friend. |
AuntiBush |
Jun-16-05 07:35 PM |
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looks like all the good Deep Throats are in Britain.... nt |
wakeme2008 |
Jun-16-05 07:34 PM |
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This is very serious |
Julius Civitatus |
Jun-16-05 07:34 PM |
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The USA already admitted using MK77. The UK Independant reported it. |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-16-05 07:35 PM |
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Thanks. I think the story's angle is that US lied to Brits about it..(n/t) |
evermind |
Jun-16-05 07:38 PM |
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USA publicly admitted to using MK77. The UK media reported in 2003 |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-16-05 07:51 PM |
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You're right - Ingram's story doesn't stack up, does it? |
evermind |
Jun-16-05 08:08 PM |
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It's not adding up. But it gets the "USA USED NAPALM" back into |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-16-05 08:17 PM |
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His deception was noted at the time |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jun-17-05 05:35 AM |
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It's the usual splitting hairs over the meaning of words. |
July |
Jun-17-05 06:49 AM |
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I thought I remembered it being public. So the UK is lying about being |
leesa |
Jun-16-05 09:03 PM |
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I dunno! I emailed Indy UK to point out their own article in 2003. |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-16-05 09:13 PM |
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horribly disgusting - I remember the reports during Falluja |
FLDem5 |
Jun-16-05 07:37 PM |
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Vile Vile VILE FUCKING SCUM |
Beetwasher |
Jun-16-05 07:38 PM |
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Remember the image from Vietnam? |
BeHereNow |
Jun-16-05 07:42 PM |
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Who can EVER forget that photo? |
gumby |
Jun-16-05 07:50 PM |
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Well, apparently, 99% of America has forgotten that image. |
BeHereNow |
Jun-16-05 07:54 PM |
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"By design" seems to be indeed correct. |
gumby |
Jun-16-05 08:03 PM |
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As a person who works in "the educational system" |
BeHereNow |
Jun-16-05 08:06 PM |
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As the right-wing is so fond of saying, |
gumby |
Jun-16-05 08:23 PM |
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Here's a little reminder |
ElectroPrincess |
Jun-16-05 08:09 PM |
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That is what's been so hard for me to deal with during the IW juggernaut. |
July |
Jun-17-05 06:51 AM |
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Yes. I'm Glad This Is Being Reported |
Beetwasher |
Jun-16-05 08:04 PM |
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You were thinking of this one. Her suffering helped end Viet Nam |
Jacobin |
Jun-16-05 08:53 PM |
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This is the Picture I Hoped Would Open America's Eyes |
maxrandb |
Jun-20-05 01:59 PM |
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It is a picture that anyone who has seen can never forget |
WePurrsevere |
Jun-16-05 09:05 PM |
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*nodding* because I don't know what else to say. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Jun-17-05 07:53 AM |
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this one looks like a keeper..... |
stillcool47 |
Jun-16-05 07:39 PM |
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I think the Mike Lewis from that Iraq Analysis group is the same |
evermind |
Jun-16-05 07:44 PM |
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so if bushco lied to britain where is the outrage? |
bullimiami |
Jun-16-05 07:46 PM |
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Just Pile This Incident over there on top of the others.... |
dogday |
Jun-16-05 07:48 PM |
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WTF |
mindfulNJ |
Jun-16-05 07:49 PM |
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this is really bothering me - who should I email it to? |
FLDem5 |
Jun-16-05 07:53 PM |
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Have sex with an intern n/t |
FormerOstrich |
Jun-16-05 07:55 PM |
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Have sex with an intern n/t |
FormerOstrich |
Jun-16-05 07:55 PM |
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Hitler was "elected " too. |
BeHereNow |
Jun-16-05 07:57 PM |
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So many people either do not know or conveniently forget that fact. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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This is why they tried to kill Giuliana Sgrena |
DoYouEverWonder |
Jun-16-05 08:11 PM |
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Sunday Mirror - Nov, 28, 2004 - Fallujah Napalmed |
Roland99 |
Jun-16-05 08:49 PM |
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Fire Bombs in Iraq: Napalm By Any Other Name - April 16, 2005 |
Roland99 |
Jun-16-05 08:51 PM |
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Ruined, cordoned Falluja is emerging as the decade's monument to brutality |
Roland99 |
Jun-16-05 08:55 PM |
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Inside Falluja: 'Nothing to come back to' |
Roland99 |
Jun-16-05 08:57 PM |
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Stories from Fallujah by Dahr Jamail |
Roland99 |
Jun-16-05 08:59 PM |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction Employed by US to Imolate Falluja |
Roland99 |
Jun-16-05 09:01 PM |
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U.S. used banned weapons in Fallujah – Health ministry |
Roland99 |
Jun-16-05 09:02 PM |
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City of ghosts |
Roland99 |
Jun-16-05 09:06 PM |
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I'm so despondent at the moment |
magellan |
Jun-17-05 03:25 AM |
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....and we wonder why the whole world hates us. |
0007 |
Jun-16-05 08:55 PM |
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This simply can't be true |
u2spirit |
Jun-16-05 09:32 PM |
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LOL! |
0007 |
Jun-16-05 09:50 PM |
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Not "What", but "Who", my friend..."who"... |
Dhalgren |
Jun-17-05 08:29 AM |
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I think this is Blair's back atcha Bush!!! you got Memo and I got |
lovuian |
Jun-16-05 09:03 PM |
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EFFING LIARS!!! |
berni_mccoy |
Jun-16-05 09:07 PM |
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b-bb-but |
kgfnally |
Jun-17-05 01:13 AM |
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crooks and liars |
mdelaguna2000 |
Jun-17-05 05:15 AM |
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US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war - UK Independent |
demo dutch |
Jun-16-05 09:26 PM |
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looks like all the good Deep Throats are in Britain |
DearAbby |
Jun-17-05 01:03 AM |
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IF this is true --- what can be done? |
cthrumatrix |
Jun-17-05 09:07 AM |
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Wow! Really! Great Point. Who would have known... or Thought!?! |
AuntiBush |
Jun-17-05 11:32 AM |
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This is sick, sick, sick!!! |
Rainscents |
Jun-17-05 01:25 AM |
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I'm not surprised at all. They want to instill terror - this would work. |
Nothing Without Hope |
Jun-17-05 01:38 AM |
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And what about all the DU they are spewing everywhere there, defies Geneva |
evolvenow |
Jun-17-05 03:29 AM |
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Kick and nominated....lying bastards |
Lochloosa |
Jun-17-05 05:14 AM |
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Dahr Jamail is right once again. |
carincross |
Jun-17-05 05:36 AM |
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No surprise at all.. |
malaise |
Jun-17-05 05:44 AM |
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Let us fondly recall the wonderful memories of Napalm use in the past..... |
LynneSin |
Jun-17-05 07:02 AM |
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US Lied To Britain Over Use Of Napalm In Iraq. |
tmooses |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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Was it to burn down the rain forest where insurgents were hiding? n/t |
TheFarseer |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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Close enough for government work |
Eloriel |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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Yeah, all those damn date palms!! |
tmooses |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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From November 2004: "FALLUJAH NAPALMED" |
tuvor |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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So sad |
alarcoeg |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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However, prior to napalming the populace, the US parachuted |
burythehatchet |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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Don't forget the rice pilaf! |
BattyDem |
Jun-17-05 11:04 AM |
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Saw it used. February 23-24, 1969. Amazing. |
TahitiNut |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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We ought to get pitchforks and torches and visit those responsible |
wiggs |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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Is anyone really surprised? All BUSH INC KNOWS IS HOW TO LIE! |
anarchy1999 |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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I feel so sad for Iraqi people and our soldiers who died because of |
Rainscents |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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Is napalm a WMD? |
KLF44 |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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Iraq had the legal right to attack America the minute the US attacked Iraq |
LynnTheDem |
Jun-20-05 10:45 AM |
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How could anyone NOT have known napalm was being used in.... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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They want to instill terror - napalm would work. Lying means nothing |
Nothing Without Hope |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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What's next--Agent Orange? |
Minnesota Raindog |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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We are fucking monsters... |
Dhalgren |
Jun-17-05 07:54 AM |
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kick |
realFedUp |
Jun-17-05 11:04 AM |
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Napalm? We used fucking NAPALM?!?! |
BattyDem |
Jun-17-05 11:05 AM |
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See my posts #s 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and 50 |
Roland99 |
Jun-17-05 11:37 AM |
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I read the entire thread after I posted ... |
BattyDem |
Jun-17-05 11:39 AM |
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Whatever it takes to ensure a pro-U.S. "democracy" in Iraq |
Roland99 |
Jun-17-05 11:44 AM |
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US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war |
IChing |
Jun-17-05 11:32 AM |
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"US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war" |
orion9941 |
Jun-17-05 11:32 AM |
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welcome to DU....... post more |
IChing |
Jun-17-05 11:34 AM |
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Another story the US Corporate Media will bury or IGNORE |
Supersedeas |
Jun-17-05 11:53 AM |
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There must be a mistake! The US never lies!! |
MadisonProgressive |
Jun-17-05 02:25 PM |
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and the U.S. Corporate Media is eerily silent....odd? |
Supersedeas |
Jun-20-05 12:41 PM |
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But...but...we're better than the Nazis! |
KansDem |
Jun-20-05 02:00 PM |
#109 |
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