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Tue Nov-15-05 08:12 PM
Response to Reply #35 |
| 37. nothin comfortable here.. |
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and numbness would be a blessing-
only way to achieve numbness is through chemical assistance these days-
then you begin to wonder what the point is.
We have met the enemy and it is .... and always has been... us.
Lies won't change the truth-
no matter how elaborate, or couched in noble sentiment.
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| -BBC: US used white phosphorus in Iraq (as an anti-personnel weapon) |
Barrett808 |
Nov-15-05 03:14 PM |
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What's another war crime when we've already committed so many? |
htuttle |
Nov-15-05 03:17 PM |
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The American people don't even know about it |
Godlesscommieprevert |
Nov-16-05 09:10 AM |
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The French TVs talked about this war crime two weeks ago |
BonjourUSA |
Nov-17-05 03:11 PM |
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I guess there was no choice but to admit the truth |
daleo |
Nov-15-05 03:20 PM |
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This is horrifying |
Maggie_May |
Nov-15-05 03:20 PM |
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US media needs to pick this up |
Loonman |
Nov-15-05 03:21 PM |
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They dont need to? |
JoFerret |
Nov-16-05 09:00 AM |
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Has the Arab media, for whom this seems intended in the first place ? |
EVDebs |
Nov-16-05 01:58 PM |
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The US military has always had it. |
acmejack |
Nov-15-05 03:23 PM |
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Why not? We're already using depleted uranium weapons there. |
no name no slogan |
Nov-15-05 03:36 PM |
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Pentagon: US used white phosphorus in Fallujah |
Charlie Brown |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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So how many other official statements... |
dicksteele |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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same old and poor information that got us into this mess? |
Evergreen Emerald |
Nov-19-05 04:05 PM |
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though I am glad they are admitting it... |
Brundle_Fly |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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oh, whew. thank my stars and garters it was a LEGAL chemical weapon |
sui generis |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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Legal one way, not the other. Marking and smokescreen, yes. But |
caligirl |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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This issue was thoroughly discussed but is now being used against us |
EVDebs |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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I don't care what they say. NEVER argue on their points. |
aquart |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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"We". They did this on their own initiative, I didn't condone any of this |
EVDebs |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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We allowed theft of the world's oldest and most rare antiquities |
higher class |
Nov-16-05 02:03 PM |
#82 |
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The telling word: "primarily" |
displacedtexan |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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The US used chemical weapons in Iraq - and then lied about it |
Judi Lynn |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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"conventional munition" |
Greyskye |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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The conventional weapon of Jihad, a sacrament of Islam. |
EVDebs |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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Who gave the order to use WP? That is the question. eom |
pushycat |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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Who gasoline'd the Blackwater guys ? |
EVDebs |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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In those conditions, I would. |
Nihil |
Nov-16-05 03:13 AM |
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Live by sword die by sword; kill Blackwater guys with gas get WP in return |
EVDebs |
Nov-16-05 01:37 PM |
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"jihadis"? Hmmm. |
Nihil |
Nov-17-05 04:53 AM |
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Your sympathies for resistance aside, please read my post #81 |
EVDebs |
Nov-17-05 10:06 AM |
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Post #81 didn't make any more sense than your last attempt. |
Nihil |
Nov-17-05 11:24 AM |
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"Civilians" are not the same as fighters but you commingle them nicely |
EVDebs |
Nov-17-05 11:50 AM |
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As do you. |
Nihil |
Nov-18-05 04:01 AM |
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It melts the skin right off babies |
Canuckistanian |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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Isn't this what Saddam did??? |
lovuian |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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Nah, Saddam "ripped Kuwaiti babies from their incubators..." |
KansDem |
Nov-19-05 03:25 PM |
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They need a LAW to tell them that using white phosphorus is wrong?!?! |
slay |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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Another post on the WP. Moderators please merge |
EVDebs |
Nov-15-05 06:07 PM |
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Pentagon Used White Phosphorous in Iraq |
not systems |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
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So when do we bomb the crap out of Iraq and arrest ourselves? |
4MoronicYears |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
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One thing is for sure, you stand between cheney and the oil at |
The_Casual_Observer |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
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There was a report about this on the BBC last night, TOP STORY |
...of J.Temperance |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
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Is it me... |
twaddler01 |
Nov-15-05 08:30 PM |
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It's you and me both |
...of J.Temperance |
Nov-15-05 08:50 PM |
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This is a long way from the denial that |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
#29 |
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I'll vouch for the painful burn injury's! |
Freedomfried |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
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They are only acknowledging this because they got caught. |
superconnected |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
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of course they did. they were lying as usual. |
bullimiami |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
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This violates the 1980 Chemical Weapons Convention |
TomClash |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
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They used chemical bombs on the whole fucking city!!!! How can they,... |
Just Me |
Nov-15-05 07:44 PM |
#34 |
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WE have become......"comfortably numb" |
Massachusetts |
Nov-15-05 07:52 PM |
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nothin comfortable here.. |
Bluerthanblue |
Nov-15-05 08:12 PM |
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UGH! Again! |
Megahurtz |
Nov-15-05 07:56 PM |
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Apparently harmful |
twaddler01 |
Nov-15-05 08:22 PM |
#38 |
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I did a tour in Iraq |
caelestissurf |
Nov-15-05 08:57 PM |
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Would the U.S. army allow "insurgents" to provide services? |
daleo |
Nov-17-05 02:05 PM |
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BBC: US used white phosphorus in Iraq (Pentagon confirms use) |
UpInArms |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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and the unsuccessful female bomber in Amman is from Fallujah? |
Bozita |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
#44 |
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violence begets violence |
Erika |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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but, but, "Saddam gassed his own people!" |
Justitia |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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and we (Reagan/Bush Sr,) supplied him with the chemicals |
Erika |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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as well as the co-ordinates on where to aim them... |
Bluerthanblue |
Nov-16-05 12:15 PM |
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I asked Paul Hackett if it was used |
xxqqqzme |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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also from the linked article: |
UpInArms |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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Corect, we never signed Protocol III of the Conventions |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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There is a legal use for WP, |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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All in the intent? |
Erika |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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It was in your name and in my name |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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I don't think males between 15 and 50 were allowed to leave |
daleo |
Nov-17-05 02:11 PM |
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The white phosphorous was used on Falluja civilians |
Erika |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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I instantly remembered this infamous pic |
Justitia |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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My bud tells me that white phosphorus = napalm |
Erika |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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Your bud is right. White phosphorus = (reformulated) napalm |
Justitia |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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Not in my name was it done |
Erika |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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Sorry, the bud is wrong |
wtmusic |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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hell of a way to die-still killing each other in the year 2005-sick sick |
NIGHT TRIPPER |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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No WP is a dust, Napalm is a liquid, you are thinkng of |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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The effect is the same, but two different substances. |
happyslug |
Nov-17-05 02:57 PM |
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It does not, WP is an incendiary but does not work the same |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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So what are the effects? |
Erika |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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Phosphorus burns through and over clothing |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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burning up the victims-that is the same- illegal by international law-same |
NIGHT TRIPPER |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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The lawyers do |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-16-05 03:19 AM |
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No. WP is sometimes used as the igniter for the napalm. |
sofa king |
Nov-17-05 03:20 PM |
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Perfectly LEGAL |
cambie |
Nov-16-05 03:42 AM |
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Welcome to DU, cambie! |
Barrett808 |
Nov-16-05 08:50 AM |
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Intentionally 'burning up civilians' is a war crime (IMHO) |
godai |
Nov-16-05 08:57 AM |
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From a Timesonline article - against the law |
godai |
Nov-16-05 09:12 AM |
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Can you provide the link? That's quote worth its weight in gold. n/t |
Barrett808 |
Nov-16-05 02:07 PM |
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Here's the link |
godai |
Nov-16-05 02:42 PM |
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Great, thanks! n/t |
Barrett808 |
Nov-16-05 03:46 PM |
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Flamethrowers are legal against enemy combatants ? Just asking. |
EVDebs |
Nov-16-05 02:29 PM |
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You're totally WRONG. n/t |
redqueen |
Nov-17-05 11:55 AM |
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what goes around |
soda |
Nov-17-05 12:44 PM |
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US response on any future hellacious terror attack is nukes then... |
EVDebs |
Nov-17-05 08:31 PM |
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You're not Donald Rumsfeld are you? This is a lie that would |
0007 |
Nov-17-05 08:36 PM |
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I believe he is correct. |
President Kerry |
Nov-19-05 02:39 PM |
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U.S. admits using white phosphorous as weapon (finally) |
Judi Lynn |
Nov-16-05 05:29 AM |
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In other words (according to the Pentagon) white phosphorous... |
Missy M |
Nov-16-05 05:29 AM |
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Not that WP should be used at all |
Briar |
Nov-16-05 01:58 PM |
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British Discuss Use of Phosphorous in Iraq (only for smoke screens) |
Barrett808 |
Nov-16-05 09:38 AM |
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McCain: Even Saddam did not use WP. |
Festivito |
Nov-16-05 10:11 AM |
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What about the use of WP by "Chemical Rummy"? The Pentagon has admitted |
oasis |
Nov-17-05 07:46 AM |
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Jeepers, the GBU-43/B MOAB was tested March 2003 |
EVDebs |
Nov-16-05 01:52 PM |
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I think the Daisy Cutter in Fallujah would have been too destructive |
daleo |
Nov-17-05 11:38 AM |
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Neutron bomb...destroys people, leaves buildings intact ? |
EVDebs |
Nov-17-05 08:32 PM |
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Yes, I have heard of that one |
daleo |
Nov-17-05 10:12 PM |
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So, the whole WP vs. conventional weapons was just playing to media |
EVDebs |
Nov-18-05 09:40 AM |
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I agree, starting an illegal war was the parent of all further misery |
daleo |
Nov-18-05 10:38 AM |
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The UN's strange silence on everything is unnerving. |
EVDebs |
Nov-18-05 12:06 PM |
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It does seem like the UN has been rubber stamping lately |
daleo |
Nov-18-05 12:27 PM |
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UN Arab Human Development report of 2004 |
EVDebs |
Nov-19-05 11:26 AM |
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NPR yesterday referred to WP as "an image problem for the U.S. military" |
MetaTrope |
Nov-17-05 07:09 AM |
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I said it in another post This debate is knee jerk... |
greblc |
Nov-17-05 09:54 PM |
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As I replied in another post, it's not the knees that are the jerks. |
Nihil |
Nov-18-05 03:45 AM |
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good post....and if we had mustard gas at our disposal... |
LeftHander |
Nov-18-05 09:53 AM |
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ST 100-3 Battle Book, July 1999: illegal to use against personnel |
muriel_volestrangler |
Nov-18-05 07:14 AM |
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Very helpful, thanks for the link! n/t |
Barrett808 |
Nov-19-05 12:01 PM |
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news reports said Fallujah residents told to leave, reminds me of Katrina |
wordpix2 |
Nov-18-05 12:21 PM |
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They'll will never forgive us! Abu Ghraib, Shock 'n Awe were not enough |
Barkley |
Nov-19-05 04:46 PM |
#120 |
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