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G_j

(40,372 posts)
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:26 PM Jun 2013

Did the US use chemical weapons in Iraq?

if anyone has further information, or information to counter this, please share it.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1115-29.htm

Published on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 by the Guardian/UK

The US Used Chemical Weapons in Iraq - And Then Lied About It

Now we know napalm and phosphorus bombs have been dropped on Iraqis, why have the hawks failed to speak out?

by George Monbiot

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-forces-used-chemical-weapons-during-assault-on-city-of-fallujah-514433.html

US forces 'used chemical weapons' during assault on city of Fallujah

By BY PETER POPHAM
Tuesday 08 November 2005

Powerful new evidence emerged yesterday that the United States dropped massive quantities of white phosphorus on the Iraqi city of Fallujah during the attack on the city in November 2004, killing insurgents and civilians with the appalling burns that are the signature of this weapon.

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Did the US use chemical weapons in Iraq? (Original Post) G_j Jun 2013 OP
They used depleted uranium as well Hydra Jun 2013 #1
There was documentary years ago about the Fallujah and the WP Marrah_G Jun 2013 #2
I have never seen it but, G_j Jun 2013 #3
Iraq SamKnause Jun 2013 #4

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
1. They used depleted uranium as well
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:35 PM
Jun 2013

I always asked "why??" when we found out about things like this, and the answer is simple:

Pure Terrorism.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)
2. There was documentary years ago about the Fallujah and the WP
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:37 PM
Jun 2013

I forget what the name of it was. I think it might have been Italian.

G_j

(40,372 posts)
3. I have never seen it but,
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:48 PM
Jun 2013

Last edited Fri Jun 14, 2013, 04:26 PM - Edit history (1)

"The documentary, entitled Fallujah: the Hidden Massacre, also provides what it claims is clinching evidence that incendiary bombs known as Mark 77, a new, improved form of napalm, was used in the attack on Fallujah, in breach of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons of 1980, which only allows its use against military targets."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-forces-used-chemical-weapons-during-assault-on-city-of-fallujah-514433.html

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)
4. Iraq
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 05:08 PM
Jun 2013

They used everything but the kitchen sink.

They destroyed the country.

They poisoned the water.

They poisoned the air.

They poisoned the land.

They targeted hospitals.

They targeted food storage facilities.

They destroyed the infrastucture.

They killed 1 million Iraqis. The U.S. does not keep count and estimates the number at 100,000.

They left behind 5 million orphans.

Democracy Now is an excellent site to visit if you want to know the destruction the U.S. has caused in Iraq.

http://democracynow.org/

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