Chemical Weapons found in Iraq
Well if you go to war with a country over their hidden chemical weapons and then cant find them, what do you do? Bring your own of course; and use them in a city that should have a civilian population of over 300,000.
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"White phosphorus:
Spontaneously flammable chemical used for battlefield illumination
Contact with particles causes burning of skin and flesh
Use of incendiary weapons prohibited for attacking civilians (Protocol III of Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons)
Protocol III not signed by US" news.bbc.co.uk
"A spokesman at the UK Ministry of Defence said the use of white phosphorus was permitted in battle in cases where there were no civilians near the target area.
But Professor Paul Rogers, of the University of Bradford's department of peace studies, said white phosphorus could be considered a chemical weapon if deliberately aimed at civilians." news.bbc.co.uk
click HERE to see the film.
"White phosphorus:
Spontaneously flammable chemical used for battlefield illumination
Contact with particles causes burning of skin and flesh
Use of incendiary weapons prohibited for attacking civilians (Protocol III of Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons)
Protocol III not signed by US" news.bbc.co.uk
"A spokesman at the UK Ministry of Defence said the use of white phosphorus was permitted in battle in cases where there were no civilians near the target area.
But Professor Paul Rogers, of the University of Bradford's department of peace studies, said white phosphorus could be considered a chemical weapon if deliberately aimed at civilians." news.bbc.co.uk
posted by Jon Ardern at 9:10 am
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