Reply #6: No, it's not Napalm, It's "Napalm-like firebombs" [View All]

[Up2Late]

{Here ONE of the reports from 2003}

US defends use of napalm-like firebombs

August 8, 2003 - 8:35AM

US forces used napalm-like MK-77 firebombs against Iraqi forces in their drive toward Baghdad last spring, a Pentagon official confirmed today, defending their use as legal and necessary.

US Marine Corps jets dropped the firebombs at least once in March to take out Iraqi positions at the town of Safwan just across the Kuwait border from the US-led invasion force, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity...

(clip)

The MK-77 are filled with a different mix of incendiary chemicals than napalm but have the same terrifying effect, a penetrating fire that seeps into dug-in infantry positions.

"The generals love napalm," Alles was quoted as saying...

(more at link)

<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/08/1060145835413.html?oneclick=true>