US Army Admits USE of white phosphorus as weapon

[dutchdemocrat]

Breaking on Steven D's diary at Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/11/9/164137/436


I have translated the PDF docs (THE PROOF) to HTML here:


Top Left hand corner of page....

I changed the PDF into HTML structure for easier perusal...



http://www.chris-floyd.com/fallujah

[never cry wolf]

1. Great find, from Kos:

That's right. Not from Al Jazheera, or Al Arabiya, but the US fucking Army, in their very own publication, from the (WARNING: pdf file) March edition of Field Artillery Magazine in an article entitled "The Fight for Fallujah":

"WP 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."

snip--------

Furthermore, (from a link provided by Mr. Kraft, thank you very much) testimony about the use of these "shake and bake" techniques of WP usage are detailed in an account by an embedded Journalist regarding the April 2004 attacks on Fallujah by the Marines:

Fighting from a distance

After pounding parts of the city for days, many Marines say the recent combat escalated into more than they had planned for, but not more than they could handle.

"It's a war," said Cpl. Nicholas Bogert, 22, of Morris, N.Y.

Bogert is a mortar team leader who directed his men to fire round after round of high explosives and white phosphorus charges into the city Friday and Saturday, never knowing what the targets were or what damage the resulting explosions caused.

Caught again in another lie.

[dutchdemocrat]

2. Bush Regime caught in a blatant LIE

and Rhandi Rhode's and her guest were certainly wrong today...

Pump this up folks... it's a biggie!

[stepnw1f]

5. The Burnt Victims Show Otherwise

Their clothes were not burnt. That's just impossible. I do not doubt the use of this stuff. My question though, is what was used on the bodies that documentary shows? Something smells fishy.

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. Another reference.

From an article on Fallujah in NCTimes .com


" "It's a war," said Cpl. Nicholas Bogert, 22, of Morris, N.Y.

Bogert is a mortar team leader who directed his men to fire round after round of high explosives and white phosphorus charges into the city Friday and Saturday, never knowing what the targets were or what damage the resulting explosions caused.

"We had all this SASO (security and stabilization operations) training back home," he said. "And then this turns into a real goddamned war."

Just as his team started to eat a breakfast of packaged rations Saturday, Bogert got a fire mission over the radio.

"Stand by!" he yelled, sending Lance Cpls. Jonathan Alexander and Jonathan Millikin scrambling to their feet.

Shake 'n' bake"

Link:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/04/11/military/iraq/19_30_504_10_04.txt

[Tom Joad]

4. What Democrat will hold the Pentagon responsible?

or will they continue to merely call for an exit plan from Bush... Pelosi's strategy.

There should be a call for an investigation, and the responsible parties to be held for crimes against humanity.

[texpatriot2004]

6. What Republicans will hold them accountable? nm

[LibertyorDeath]

7. Rec...kick....thanx