Israel illegally using phosphorous bombs on Gaza civillians
American Samizdat: Rebel Scum Since 2001
There are some weapons so horrible that the entire world agrees not to use them, like white phosphorous bombs. Well, the entire world excepting Israel.
Gaza / PNN – Director of the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital, Dr. Hussein Ashour, reports that the nature of the wounds sustained by the dead and injured reaching the hospital are unusual.
Al Shifa Hospital has reported similar findings throughout the years of occupation resulting from the use by Israeli forces of internationally banned weapons including carcinogens.
Yesterday's reports on the use of phosphorus bombs have been confirmed.
Children with deep flesh burns have joined those of the severely dismembered and others who arrive at hospitals in unrecognizable condition. The reality is more horrifying than imaginable for most with the United Nations saying that the Gaza Strip was a "living hell."
Comments
I'm afraid that Israel isn't the only nation that doesn't agree that white phosphorus should be verboten on the battlefield: "The Pentagon's admission - despite earlier denials - that US troops used white phosphorus as a weapon in Falluja . . . has opened up a debate about the use of this weapon in modern warfare." ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4442988.stm )
(Aside: Evidently white phosphorus is considered a banned chemical weapon in some battlefield applications [i.e., ones where the intent is to use the toxicity of the phosphorus to kill people], and acceptable in others [i.e., to generate smoke and light, creating cover and camouflage]. This article rambles and jukes, but is worth a skim, as this an interestingly nuanced backwater in the Chemical Weapons Convention.)
Posted by: dave-o | January 12, 2009 04:08 PM
The israelis never intended to win the hearts and minds, they just want the palestinians the f*** out of Gaza. Their heavy handed tactics have always included high civilian body counts and a complete disrespect for the life of anyone Palestinian. Which makes me wonder: why do the palestinians stay? It seems like they stay out of stubborn pride, out of a claim to a piece of dirt and some temples. They think that there is some link to holiness with that place. I say if your god can't find you for the rapture while you're vacationing in Cancun (where phosphurus RARELY rains down like death from the sky) then your god sucks and you should get a new one. I hear the Indians have plenty. They could probably loan you one to get you started.
Posted by: milt | January 14, 2009 08:12 AM