Here is a link to the original video shown on Italian television
*warning very graphic*
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10907.htmHere is the link to the Yahoo page...
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/us/us_armed_forcesU.S. defends use of white phosphorus against Iraq insurgents
AFP - 59 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The United States defended the use of white phosphorus munitions against insurgents in Iraq last year but denied civilians were targeted. The toxic agent was used during what a US army journal called "shake and bake" missions against insurgents in the battle for Fallujah last year. "It's part of our conventional weapons inventory. We use it like we use any other conventional weapon," said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman.
... It looks as though the use of WP on civilians in Iraq is blowing up into a much bigger story. I hope it makes US TV soon.