White phosphorous (WP) a...potent psychological weapon against the insurgents.
Washington Post (WP), a potent psychologicial weapon for the insurgents.
Posted on 11/15/2005 4:55:30 PM PST by fontoon
Pentagon Used White Phosphorous in Iraq By ROBERT BURNS The Associated Press Tuesday, November 15, 2005; 6:02 PM
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.
"It was not used against civilians," Venable said.
The spokesman referred reporters to an article in the March-April 2005 edition of the Army's Field Artillery magazine, an official publication, in which veterans of the Fallujah fight spelled out their use of white phosphorous and other weapons. The authors used the shorthand "WP" in referring to white phosphorous.
"WP proved to be an effective and versatile munition," the authors wrote. "We used it for screening missions at two breeches and, later in the fight, as a potent psychological weapon against the insurgents in trench lines and spider holes when we could not get effects on them with HE (high explosive)" munitions.
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This is more of the anti-war left lieing to themselves and others.
The bottom line? *Any* effective weapon is loathed by our enemy, who wants us to stop using it.
This was true in the late 60s when "useful idiots" would call Bell Helicopter all sorts of nasty names. Why? Because Air Cav was effective, so our enemy started a PR campaign to try to get us to stop it's use.
It's no different today.
If we listen to these appeasers, the greatest military on the planet will be reduced to going into battle with spit balls and bra straps.
I, for one, love that the worlds best military goes into battle with every advantage available.
The reason why the terrorists lost in Fallujah is because they can't shoot for shit.
Smart bombs are useless without smart people, and we have those in abundance.
Bush Rocks !
yea, smoke aint so bad but as incendiary it is nasty
White phosphorous (WP) a...potent psychological weapon against the insurgents.
Washington Post (WP), a potent psychologicial weapon for the insurgents.
"We should have only fired nerf balls at the terrorists."
Spitballs. What is wrong with these people? Do they hate the U.S. and admire our adversaries? That's not a rhetorical question.
Welcome to FR "Values".... is that an aborted fetus?
Check out some tid bits on this from our friends at the daily kos. ((ROFLMAO))
all I can say (4.00 / 2)
Holy shit,
we are now as bad as Saddam. We attack another country, we torture, we use chemical weapon.
by fugue on Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 03:06:00 PM PDT
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don't forget the rape rooms (3.00 / 3)
Abu Ghraib - check.
We've also unleashed Saddam's killers to assist us in this "noble cause". Full fuckin' circle.
by debraz on Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 03:57:53 PM PDT
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Amazing (4.00 / 3)
We lie to the world and to our people.
We reduce freedom at home.
We use chemical weapons on the Iraqi people - like Saddam did ( with our tacit support ).
We torture the Iraqi people - like Saddam did.
On and on it goes.
Exactly how is Bush different from Saddam now ? Like Saddam, Bush tortured and used chemical weapons on the Iraqi people.
R I P, Edgar Hollingsworth
by RobertInWisconsin on Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 03:06:50 PM PDT
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The difference being (none / 1)
that under Saddam's rule Iraq was a stable and prosperous country. Bush has destroyed all of that and they are no more free than they were before, in fact they are less so. We have not made any positive difference.
by margaretc on Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 06:14:49 PM PDT
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That is really Ann Coulter, immolating liberals in their foxholes.
ARTY ping
Yes, it makes a handy talking point for people who don't know what they're talking about.
OH HELLL NO!!!
ZOT ZOT ZOT!!
PING PING PING PING
you stupid stupid troll.
Maybe you could add a story or link as proof.
Washington Post (WP), a potent psychologicial weapon for the insurgents.
Well said !
WP Wahabi-jihadi Post ?
A drop of WP exposed to air will spontaniously combust - emerged in water (hard to do in a desert), it will go out. Removed from the water, it will again spontainiously combust.
And it sticks to skin.
In a wet, jungle environment, stick the affected body part in a creek, scrape off the WP, and then remove from water.
If you scraped well, you will not reignite.
In a desert environment, cut off the affected body part (arm, leg...) or you will burn to death.
Scary stuff.
That said, too bad. People die in war. For instance, Iraqi (and other) bad guys hang bombs in trees to maximize american dead.
F'em.
It's funny that the morons at the WaPo never got upset when their side was hacking off American's heads with dull knives.
Hey, I saw him first!
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