ED. NOTE: Since there appears to be growing coverage and interest in this issue, I've pulled together some news and references. As usual, comments (good and otherwise), as well as other suggested links, always welcome at milnewstbay@yahoo.ca .
News
'U.S. drives into heart of Fallujah: Army, Marines face rockets and bombs in battle to take insurgents' stronghold' San Francisco Chronicle (10 Nov 04) - San Francisco Chronicle Login Codes, if needed - Blogosphere: \"US Using White Phosphorus Rounds on Fallujah\" (11 Nov 04)
Original Italian TV Documentary on WP in Fallujah (8/9 Nov 05)
Jurist Legal News & Research Story (8 Nov 05)
USA State Department Statement (updated 10 Nov 05)
USA Confirms Use of WP (15 Nov 05) - More
'\"White Death\" Is A Losing Strategy', Washington Post \"Early Warning\" (15 Nov 05) - Washington Post Login Codes, if needed
IRQ Human Rights Ministry Investigating (16 Nov 05) - More
USA Not Alone in Using WP (16 Nov 05) - For Smoke, Not Against Civvies (17 Nov 05)
Al Jazeera: \"Is America Above Geneva Conventions?\" (17 Nov 05)
Washington Post Early Warning: \"When Stupidity Isn't Staged\" (21 Nov 05) - Wash Post Login co-ordinates, if needed
\"Army struggles to defend use of phosphorus\", Int'l Herald Tribune (21 Nov 05)
Opinion: \"Response to use of munition backfires\", Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), (21 Nov 05)
Opinion: \"Thanks for Giving White Phosphorous\", (21 Nov 05)
Opinion: \"Changing Messages Causes Confusion\", Bangkok Post, (22 Nov 05)
USA General defends the use of incendiary bombs (30 Nov 05)
Information & Backrgound
GlobalSecurity.org: White Phosphorus
Centres for Disease Control Fact Sheet: White Phosphorus
National Safety Council Chemical Backgrounder: White Phosphorus
Federation of American Scientists: Smoke Projectiles (updated 21 Jan 99)
"Burster Type White phosphorus (WP M 110 A 2) rounds burn with intense heat and emit dense white smoke. They may be used as the initial rounds in the smokescreen to rapidly create smoke or against material targets, such as Class V sites or logistic sites. It is against the law of land warfare to employ WP against personnel targets." Chapter 5, \"Fire Support\", US Army Command and General Staff College Student Text, ST 100-3 Battle Book, updated July 1999
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, Protocol III, Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons, Geneva, 10 October 1980 - UN Text
"At ordinary temperatures, white phosphorus (WP) is a solid which can be handled safely under water. When dry, it burns fiercely in air, producing a dense white smoke. Fragments of melted particles of the burning substance may become embedded in the skin of persons close to a bursting projectile, producing burns which are multiple, deep and variable in size. The fragments continue to burn unless oxygen is excluded by flooding or smothering." \"Smokes, Fuels and Incendiaries\", Chapter 8, Part III, Field Manual 9-8, NATO Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations, 1 Feb 96
\"POSSIBLE USE OF PHOSPHOROUS CHEMICAL WEAPONS BY IRAQ IN KURDISH AREAS ALONG THE IRAQI-TURKISH-IRANIAN BORDERS; AND CURRENT SITUATION OF KURDISH RESISTANCE AND REFUGEES\", declassified Pentagon document, dated 17 Apr 1991 - More
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