IF THIS IS TRUE......

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...THEN THINGS ARE WORSE THAN I EVEN IMAGINED. I AM GOING TO GIVE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON THIS SERIOUS CHARGE. BUT IF IT IS PROVEN THAT THE MILITARY USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS THEN IT WILL REALY HIT THE FAN. FOR NOW I WON'T BELIEVE IT BUT I WANT TO LEARN MORE.

THE ONLY REASONS I AM EVEN BLOGGING ABOUT THIS

1. U.S. SOLDIERS CLAIMED IT HAPPENED.
2. MILITARY LEADERS SAY THEY "DO NO RECALL". THAT IS POLITICAL SPEAK THAT CAN MEAN IT HAPPENED BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO CONFIRM IT.
3. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WAS ADAMANT ABOUT NOT SIGNING THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY.

ROME (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Iraq have used incendiary white phosphorus against civilians and a firebomb similar to napalm against military targets, Italian state-run broadcaster RAI reported on Tuesday. A RAI documentary showed images of bodies recovered after a November 2004 offensive by U.S. troops on the town of Falluja, which it said proved the use of white phosphorus against men, women and children who were burned to the bone.

"I do know that white phosphorus was used," said Jeff Englehart in the RAI documentary, which identified him as a former soldier in the U.S. 1st Infantry Division in Iraq.

A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said he did not recall white phosphorus being used in Falluja. "I do not recall the use of white phosphorus during the offensive operations in Falluja in the fall of 2004," Lieutenant Colonel Steven Boylan said.

An incendiary device, white phosphorus is used by the military to conceal troop movements with smoke, mark targets or light up combat areas. The use of incendiary weapons against civilians has been banned by the Geneva Convention since 1980.
The United States did not sign the relevant protocol to the convention.