Iraqi Deformities: A Result of White Phosphorous?

[tishaLA]

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Cases of deformities in children are escalating at an alarming rate in Fallujah. Could these birth defects have occurred as a result of White-Phosphorous gas used by US troops in 2004?

[Squatch]

1. White Phosphorus is not a gas. It's a solid.

It's a solid that burns on exposure to air.

[jwirr]

2. Or depleted uranium? As a parent of a disabled child I want each

and every one of us to remember these pictures every time we turn the ignition on our vehicle. This is a total disgrace. May God damn the makers and users (governments) of these kind of chemicals for war purposes.

[leftchick]

3. more likely Depleted Uranium

the gift that keeps on giving.

:puke:

[midnight]

4. O G.D. I'm so pissed.

[whistle]

5. It has been well known that U.S. military used white phosphorous bombs in Iraq

..which produced huge clouds of toxic vapor when explode and burned

<snip>
AFX News Limited
Russian parliament condemns US use of phosphorus bombs in Iraq
11.23.2005, 10:35 AM

MOSCOW (AFX) - The Russian parliament condemned today as 'absolutely unacceptable' the use last year by US forces in Iraq of toxic white phosphorus bombs, which it said was prohibited under international law.

'Deputies of the Duma consider the use, under cover of the noble aims of the fight against terrorism, of any type of weapon banned by international conventions, particularly phosphorus bombs, as absolutely unacceptable,' a statement adopted unanimously in the lower house read.

The measure was adopted after the Pentagon last week confirmed that the toxic agent had been used against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah last November, although it denied that civilians had been targeted.

'It's part of our conventional weapons inventory. We use it like we use any other conventional weapon,' Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said in Washington.

His comments were in response to a documentary broadcast November 8 by Italy's RAI television network alleging that white phosphorous munitions had been used against both insurgents and civilians in the Sunni town of Fallujah in November 2004.

A yellowish substance with a pungent smell similar to garlic, white phosphorous erupts spontaneously into fire when exposed to oxygen, releasing a dense white smoke.

Incandescent particles of white phosphorus can cause deep, painful chemical burns, according to GlobalSecurity.Org, a Washington group that gathers information on military topics.

http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2005/11/23/afx2351931.html

http://mindprod.com/politics/iraqatrocities.html

http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2006/07/index-on-illegal-us-weapons-in-lebanon.html

http://www.netwerkvlaanderen.be/en/files/documenten/campaigns/banksandweapons/ReportMarch2006Eng(White_Phosphorus).pdf

http://www.counterpunch.org/floyd12172005.html

<also the scurge od DY used in Iraq>

http://cseserv.engr.scu.edu/StudentWebPages/IPesic/ResearchPaper.htm

[Crowman1979]

6. On the case of severe burns, yes.

As far as causing birth defects, the blame would probably go to either depleted uranium, untreated water or toxic waste produced by no-bid contractors.