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callady Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:01 AM
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'Unusual Weapons' Used in Fallujah
'Unusual Weapons' Used in Fallujah

Dahr Jamail

BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (IPS) - The U.S. military has used poison gas and other non-conventional weapons against civilians in Fallujah, eyewitnesses report.

”Poisonous gases have been used in Fallujah,” 35-year-old trader from Fallujah Abu Hammad told IPS. ”They used everything -- tanks, artillery, infantry, poison gas. Fallujah has been bombed to the ground.”

Hammad is from the Julan district of Fallujah where some of the heaviest fighting occurred. Other residents of that area report the use of illegal weapons.

”They used these weird bombs that put up smoke like a mushroom cloud,” Abu Sabah, another Fallujah refugee from the Julan area told IPS. ”Then small pieces fall from the air with long tails of smoke behind them.”

He said pieces of these bombs exploded into large fires that burnt the skin even when water was thrown on the burns. Phosphorous weapons as well as napalm are known to cause such effects. ”People suffered so much from these,” he said.

http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/hard_news/archives/hard_news/000137.php
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lostexpectation Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:06 AM
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1. deadly semantics
chemical weapons = toxic gas = burning smoke = white phospherus
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:06 AM
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2. For 'unusual weapons'...
read 'napalming civilians.'

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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:15 AM
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3. Napalming citizens seemingly is honky-dorie with supporter of this
regime.
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Briar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:59 AM
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5. Personally
I can't see any good in napalming anyone, in uniform or out.
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-05 10:37 AM
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4. Poison gas?
There is no way they are that stupid.
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