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Originally Posted by KRL
WP is not considered an offensive chemical weapon. Its commonly used by armies worldwide in military and law enforcement smoke grenades for defensive purposes in troop concealment during an attack.
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Posted on Tue, Nov. 15, 2005
Pentagon used white phosphorous in Iraq
ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials
acknowledged Tuesday that U.S. troops used white phosphorous as a weapon against insurgent strongholds during the battle of Fallujah last November. But they denied an Italian television news report that the spontaneously flammable material was used against civilians.
Lt. Col. Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesman, said that while white phosphorous is most frequently used to mark targets or obscure a position, it was used at times in Fallujah as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants.
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandf...s/13175160.htm
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Not exactly like your description, KRL ...
Took the Pentagon a while to finally admit ....