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    I'm furious about my squandered nation.

    Wednesday, November 09, 2005

    US forces Used Chemical Weapons on Fallujah

    Why wouldn't the world's top arms dealer use all they've got?
    I figure Iran or Syria will be the test market for their new tactical nuclear weapons. Think how many darkies they can kill thataway.

    If this information is not adequate to get Rumsfeld and Cheney tried as war criminals, I'm sure there's plenty more information out there that is adequate and equally horrifying.


    {...} In December the US government formally denied the reports, describing them as "widespread myths". "Some news accounts have claimed that US forces have used 'outlawed' phosphorus shells in Fallujah," the US info website said. "Phosphorus shells are not outlawed. US forces have used them very sparingly in Fallujah, for illumination purposes.

    "They were fired into the air to illuminate enemy positions at night, not at enemy fighters."

    But now new information has surfaced, including hideous photographs and videos and interviews with American soldiers who took part in the Fallujah attack, which provides graphic proof that phosphorus shells were widely deployed in the city as a weapon.

    In a documentary to be broadcast by RAI, the Italian state broadcaster, this morning, a former American soldier who fought at Fallujah says: "I heard the order to pay attention because they were going to use white phosphorus on Fallujah. In military jargon it's known as Willy Pete{...}

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