White phosphorus

US Forces Accused Of Firing White Phosphorus Into Mosul And Raqqa

Videos published by the Amaq news agency show artillery exploding over Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria that analysts believe could be white phosphorus rounds. Amaq, which often publishes information provided by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sources, claims that the areas which are shown being bombarded are ISIS-held sectors of the cities still populated by large[Read More...]

Video Shows Iraqi Forces Fired White Phosphorus Into Mosul

(ANTIWAR.COMMultiple videos are making the rounds this week of white phosphorus artillery shells being fired into the Iraqi city of Mosul by Iraqi forces. Though the use of white phosphorus for illumination is technically legal under international law, its high temperature and toxic properties make it wholly unsuitable for use in an urban environment, and such use is almost certainly a war crime.

They don’t want us to know about Israel’s nukes So let’s ask about the rogue state’s chemical weapons

They don’t want us to know about Israel’s nukes So let’s ask about the rogue state’s chemical weapons
White phosphorus is a horrific incendiary chemical weapon that melts human flesh right down to the bone.
 
by Stuart Littlewood                     Intifada Palestine
 

Punishment for Syria, rewards for Syria’s neighbour Israel

Punishment for Syria, rewards for Syria’s neighbour Israel

 by Stuart Littlewood
US Secretary of State John Kerry accuses Syrian government forces of killing 1,429 people, including 426 children, in a chemical weapons attack in Damascus last week described as an “inconceivable horror” and “a crime against conscience”.
President Obama is considering lethal punitive strikes against the Assad regime, strikes that Britain, for one, will not take part in.