COMPARING U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS Part II.

These are summaries all of my articles from the U.S.

Reuters

Even though the U.S. military denied using incendiary white phosphorous against the civilians of Iraq, they confirmed that MK 77 bombs had been dropped in March and April of 2003. MK 77 is very similar to napalm.
An Italian documentary showed what appeared to be the burnt bodies of Iraqi civilians. The bodies had been burnt clear to the bone. Apparently, their bodies had been burnt due to the impact a white phosphorous bomb.

American Marines in Baghdad state that white phosphorous is a conventional weapon. It is denied that Willy Pete has ever been used against civilians.

The Geneva Convention has banned the use of incendiary weapons since 1980. The US never signed this protocol, as stated by a UN official.

Washington Post

Officials from the Pentagon denied the accusation that white phosphorous had ever been used against civilians during the battle in Fallujah, which occurred last November. However, they did state that white phosphorous had been used as a weapon against insurgent strongholds.

It has been decided that it would have been a better idea for the US troops to use a different sort of smoke bomb from screening missions in Fallujah. The Willy Pete should have been used for more lethal missions, which is what it is best used for.

Many claim that the US is using outlawed weapons, but this is not true. White phosphorous, and other weapons that the US have been using, are indeed legal.

Epoch Times

Last week, an Italian TV station showed a documentary stating that the US had used white phosphorous, a chemical weapon, against civilians of Fallujah. The documentary showed two interviews with US marines about the effects of white phosphorous. The interviews went alongside graphic images of white phosphorous in action.

Often, enemy combatants will dress as civilians, so it is hard for US troops to recognize the enemy. They do their best to make sure that civilians aren’t harmed. It is unknown if any civilians have actually been harmed by white phosphorous.

It is estimated that there were over 10,000 civilians were present in Fallujah last year. If this estimate is true, then the use of white phosphorous would have been a violation of international law.

The Italian documentary shows the several bodies, all of which are bullet-hole free. Their skin is melted. You can tell which ones were civilians because combatants wear bulletproof vests, which are still visible. If any of these people had breathed in white phosphorous, then their lungs and throat would have been blistered, and death would have followed due to suffocation.