Phosphorus 'May Have Killed' In Iraq
(Quote of the Day)

by-Guy Dinmore In Washington
Published: November 16 2005

"The US Military on Wednesday acknowledged it might have Killed Civilians in the Iraqi City of Fallujah with White Phosphorus Munitions during the battle against Insurgents a year ago."

"Protocol III of the 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons Prohibits the use of Incendiary Weapons against Military Forces located within Concentrations of Civilians--as was the case with the Insurgents in Falluja."

Asked if it was possible Civilians had been Killed by White Phosphorus, he replied:
"It would not be out of the realm of the possible,"
said Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman.

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