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| White phosphorous evidence in Gaza 'undeniable' says Amnesty |
| 2009-01-20 |
| (AKI) - Human rights group Amnesty International said on Monday its delegates visiting the Gaza Strip found indisputable evidence of widespread use of white phosphorus in densely populated residential areas in Gaza City and in the north. "Yesterday, we saw streets and alleyways littered with evidence of the use of white phosphorus, including still burning wedges and the remnants of the shells and canisters fired by the Israeli army," said Christopher Cobb-Smith, a weapons expert who is in Gaza as part of a four-person Amnesty International fact-finding team. New-York based Human Rights Watch last week accused Israel of using artillery shells containing white phosphorous in Gaza during its recent military offensive. "White phosphorus is a weapon intended to provide a smokescreen for troop movements on the battlefield," said Cobb-Smith. "It is highly incendiary, air burst and its spread effect is such that it that should never be used on civilian areas". Donatella Rovera, Amnesty's researcher on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, agreed. "Such extensive use of this weapon in Gaza's densely populated residential neighbourhoods is inherently indiscriminate. "Its repeated use in this manner, despite evidence of its indiscriminate effects and its toll on civilians, is a war crime," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #21 They were, Ebbang. But they got a land shark instead. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2009-01-20 22:46 |
| #20 Any signs of Thalaron? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-01-20 22:00 |
| #19 #16 EU, I'd settle for sending them a Candygram from Bugs Bunny. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-20 20:28 |
| #18 Christopher Cobb-Smith website includes a glowing testimonial from Scott Ritter. from the website: "He is regarded as a leading expert on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)." A leading expert on stuff that doesn't exist? Whoa! |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins 5*** 2009-01-20 19:52 |
| #17 5089, you need to use the /snark tag or someone might think you believe that crazy nonsense. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-01-20 13:36 |
| #16 What did they expect, a Candygram? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-01-20 12:27 |
| #15 Apparently white phosphorous is this conflict's depleted uranium. They are seeing it everywhere and even when correctly recognized it is incorrectly labeled as a weapon rather than smoke, or flare, or whatever. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-01-20 11:43 |
| #14 More commie bastards to clean up later. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-01-20 10:08 |
| #13 A-5089, that was beautiful LOL! |
| Posted by: mrp 2009-01-20 09:39 |
| #12 It appears Amnesty missed This. |
| Posted by: William Marcy Tweed 2009-01-20 09:07 |
| #11 thx lotp |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-20 08:07 |
| #10 I fixed it. Folks, be sure to use a width= parameter when you post photos - no more than 550 pixels or so. The mods don't have time to go find and fix this sort of thing on a regular basis. Or, just hotlink to the picture at another site. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-01-20 07:58 |
| #9 AC - ya broke the page width |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-01-20 07:22 |
| #8 I confess, 5089. It was the Lizardoid minions from Little Green Footballs. Here is the whole story in graphic form: |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2009-01-20 07:11 |
| #7 Micro-nukes is what the CIA used to blow up Bali's nightclub in order to... I'm not sure what was the goal, but it was nefarious, and islamophobic, for sure... so sez bashir (probably stolen from western conspiracies websites, in a lull during a pr0n surfing evening), and, if you can't trust bashir, then, who can you trust? Obviously, micro-nukes were not what was used by the US Hegemon to cause the 2004 tsunami, because, well, they're too small. Probably scalar weaponry, I'd venture, then. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-01-20 06:07 |
| #6 Not to be a micro observer here, 5089, but "micro-nukes? Ummmm |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2009-01-20 04:44 |
| #5 That's petty from the juices, I mean, in fallujah I, the USA used micro-nukes and that very special kind of phosphorus that burns people to a crisp without touching their clothes, even their undies, that's what those brave mysteries-solving commies from that italian ngo discovered. So, like the depleted uranium, it seems they didn't even bother to get average stuff for those poor misappreciated arabs. I think there's even an hint of racism here, I mean, what did little Schlomo get for hanukka? I'll tell you what, ENRICHED uranium and that special fallujah magic phosphorus, both still in original wrapping... and what did little mouloud get? Depleted uranium and plain old WP, delivered by anonymous and uncaring governement employees. That's uncool, really, you could do better, israeli people. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-01-20 04:07 |
| #4 White phosphorous evidence in Gaza 'undeniable' says Amnesty Doesn't this sort of suggest that Israel denied using them in the first place? |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-01-20 03:09 |
| #3 Isreal having the nerve to win the battle comes off as a war crime to these people. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-01-20 02:55 |
| #2 The stupidity is mindblowing. Do this idiots want an HE artillery grenade instead? |
| Posted by: Uleck Ghibelline9225 2009-01-20 00:44 |
| #1 Put some of the Amnesty International grubs into a masonry building, and let them experience some Willie Pete rounds being used to suppress effective resistance from their building. Then - repeat the experiment using standard HE rounds to suppress the buildings. If any of them survive, ask them which mode of suppression they would prefer to have applied against their building. From the photos of Gaza that I've seen, there were not a lot of wooden buildings - it was all masonry block buildings. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2009-01-20 00:32 |