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The Associated PressAP Top News at 9:59 pm EDTThe Associated PressKABUL (AP) — Doctors voiced concern over "unusual" burns on Afghan villagers wounded in an already controversial US-Taliban battle, and the country's top human rights groups said Sunday it is investigating the possibility white phosphorus was used. ...
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...was something not usual from a bomb explosion". He said the rights commission was alerted to the possibility that white phosphorus munitions may have caused the burns in Farah by a Reuters report last week of a young girl burned by the chemical in another...
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ABC Online
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/11/2566053.htm
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...AP. "They are investigating the cause of the injuries and the use of white phosphorus." Can cause painful chemical burns White phosphorus is a spontaneously flammable material that can cause painful chemical burns. It is used to mark targets, create smoke...
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MSNBC
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Daily MailUS accused of using 'illegal' white phosphorus in chemical attack ...Daily Mail, UKBy David Gardner The US was accused last night of using white phosphorus bombs in a battle with the Taliban that left scores of Afghan civilians dead. Doctors say they found horrific burns on victims of the slaughter a week ago. ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1180171/US-accused-using-illegal-white-phosphorus-chemical-attack-Taliban-killed-Afghan-civilians.html
AFPSri Lanka's brutal war takes heavy tollAFPDoctors at the French field hospital said they had seen a number of similar injuries, including "some with white hands, possibly caused by burns from phosphorus" -- an incendiary weapon which is banned from use in civilian areas under an international ...
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...has denied allegations from the girl's father that NATO forces had fired the rounds that caused her injuries. "White phosphorus causes horrendous burns and should not be used in civilian areas,"Â Â said Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights...
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Reuters Alert Net
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ReutersAfghan girl's burns show horror of chemical strikeReutersIt bursts into fierce fire on contact with the air and can stick to and even penetrate flesh as it burns. White phosphorus can be used legally in war to provide light, create smokescreens or burn buildings, so it is not banned under international ...HRW urges US to release probe on phosphorus-burned Afghan girl www.worldbulletin.netall 41 news articles
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Afghanistan-Pakistan/idUSTRE5471SO20090508
National PostJonathan Kay: Mommy blows up with toddler — this has got to be a ...National Post, CanadaShe is called a martyr. by couille Muslims didn't invent the cluster bomb, napalm or white phosphorus bombs. These are Christian inventions, used recently to burn innocent muslim children alive by God-fearing Christians and racist zionist swine. ...
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/04/30/269872.aspx
Palestine ChronicleSoldiers Confirm Israel's War Crimes in GazaPalestine Chronicle, WAWhite phosphorous was used widely in Gaza, Johnson said. Use of munitions containing white phosphorus is illegal in populated areas under international law. It causes severe burns and death because it is easily absorbed into the skin and burns through ...
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15061
immersed in clouds of white phosphorus were seen to burst into flames as their skin turned to ash and their blood to steam. Death by white phosphorus is the most horrible way to be burned alive, which is why it is classified as an illegal weapon and it is a war crime to use it, especially in civilian areas (which is all of Gaza since it is the most densely populated piece of land on Earth). George Galloway sharply criticizes the Israelis for electing war-hungry Netanyahu and Lieberman. See the ...
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...injuries result in delayed wound healing. This has not been well studied; therefore, all that can be stated is that white phosphorus burns represent a small subsegment of chemical burns, all of which typically result in delayed wound healing. Incandescent...
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Majikthise
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New York TimesIsraeli Military Says Actions in Gaza War Did Not Violate ...New York Times, United StatesWhite phosphorus is a standard, legal weapon in armies, long used as a way to light up an area or to create a thick white smoke screen to obscure troop movements. But it can cause horrific burns, so using it against civilians, or in an area where many ...Israel Covering Up Gaza Crimes: HRW Islam Onlineall 547 news articles
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/world/middleeast/23gaza.html?ref=middleeast
BBC NewsIsraelis 'followed law in Gaza'BBC News, UKThe Israeli military said its controversial use of white phosphorus, which causes severe burns, was fully legal. Investigators said no phosphorus weapons were used in built-up areas, in direct contradiction of groups such as Human Rights Watch, ...Israel denies violating human rights in Gaza Special Broadcasting Serviceall 1,260 news articles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8012543.stm
Chapel Hill NewsBiosolids concerns bubble to surfaceChapel Hill News, NCFarmers take sewage sludge, rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, as free fertilizer. "The first farmer who agreed to it got to talking with his family and said he couldn't put the family farm at risk if a group got hold of the information and decided to do ...
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When a small spatula of red phosphorus is heated in a test tube, it will decompose and the other allotrope, white phosphorus, is formed. White phosphorus vapour will emit green light in the vapour phase, when in contact with moist air. This is due to oxidation of the phosphorus, in wich the intermediates (PO)2 and HPO will be in the excited state (and thus emit light). When white phosphorus is oxidised, various oxides are formed including P4O6 and P4O10. After only a short time of heating ...
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...If white phosphorus gets human rights organizations so upset, why do militaries keep using it? Because it's versatile. White phosphorus, known in martial circles as "Willy Pete," may cause horrific burns when used as a weapon (click here for a gruesome visual...
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Slate
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According to Human Rights Watch Israels use of white phosphorus in their offensive on the Gaza Strip constitutes a war crime", which Israel strenuously denies. Phosphorus ignites in oxygen in temperatures of more than 30 degrees Celsius and daily temperatures were much hotter than that when the war was carried out in Gaza in January. It is almost impossible to put out, and if it comes into contact with human flesh it can burn to the bone. Sabah Abu Halima who lost her husband and four of her ...
from different NGOs ... of using white phosphorus shells in illegal ways, according to those claims, and this is what we're investigating," an Israeli military spokeswoman, Major Avital Leibovich, said. White phosphorus ignites on contact with oxygen and continues burning at up to 1500 degrees Fahrenheit (816 degrees Celsius) until none is left or the oxygen supply is cut. It is often used to produce smoke screens, but can also be used as a weapon, producing extreme burns if it makes contact ...
Following pressure from former Labour MP Alice Mahon, the British Ministry of Defence confirmed the use of MK77 (New and improved Napalm) by US forces during the initial invasion of Iraq. The Guardian, Tuesday 22 November 2005: ...there is hard evidence that white phosphorus was deployed as a weapon against combatants in Falluja. As the Guardian revealed last Tuesday, US infantry officers confessed that they had used it to flush out insurgents. A Pentagon spokesman told the BBC that white ...
As well as the 1300 Palestinians who were killed in the war, thousands more suffered serious injuries. Many of them were left with extensive burns, with Israel accused of using highly inflammable white phosphorus in civilian areas. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid reports from the burns unit in Gaza's Shifa hospital.
burst and its spread effect is such that it should never be used on civilian areas." When white phosphorous lands on skin it burns through muscle and into the bone, continuing to burn unless deprived of oxygen. gaza iran iraq israel america chav sex xxx love hate christ anti christ world cup fifa germany superman propganda mumbai attacks hong kong china mexico drug war canada american red carpet hollywood fox cnn obama osama bush iraq ... israel zionism pakistan america india china sri lanka ...
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...all parts of the strip, who were brought to the hospital during the war with unusual burns, must have been victims of white phosphorus shells used by Israel. "We had patients who had burns over 10 to 15 percent of their body, and with that much of a burn,...
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Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0205/p04s01-wogn.html
The white phosphor gas was used by israeli undeniabley in Gaza . A Palestinian infant exposed to deadly phosphorous gases in Gaza has died, becoming the youngest casualty of Israel's illegal weapon. Six-month-old Nancy Sa'di Wakid was declared dead, after inhaling the fumes of burning white phosphorous, Palestinian medical sources at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported. The baby died of serious complications in her lungs, medics at the hospital announced. As well as having toxic effects ...
Israels use of white phosphorus in Gaza CNN's Ben Wedeman looks at accusations that Israel used white phosphorus as a weapon in Gaza.
This al Jazeera report on white phosphorus focuses on its effects and whether it was, in fact, widely used. Most of the doctors are still mystified by the "mysterious" injuries and burns. Many have gathered samples to send for testing. They have never had to deal with white phosphorus before, nor with Israel's latest "DIME" weapons that amputate limbs and cause deep, toxic tissue wounds by blasting charged tungsten dust into bodies with a short-range but incredibly powerful explosion....
Russia Today: www.russiatoday.com January 23, 2009, 21:15 Israel 'admits' to using phosphorous shells in Gaza The Israeli Ambassador to Russia admitted that Israel used white phosphorous but maintained that it was in accordance with international law. The UN and human rights groups have accused Israel of illegaly using the chemical, causing severe burns among civilians. "Phosphorous is not a prohibited component of weaponry. It was used for making smoke screens. Israel did not use white ...
White phosphorus (WP) is a flare- and smoke-producing incendiary device[1] or smoke-screening agent that is made from a common allotrope of the chemical element phosphorus. The main utility of white phosphorus munitions is to create smokescreens to mask movement from the enemy, or to mask his fire. In contrast to other smoke-causing munitions, WP detonates immediately causing an instant bank of smoke. As a result of this, WP munitions are very common -- particularly as smoke grenades for ...
More than 1000 killed in Gaza " 14 January 2009 " ..... Criminal Israel rains fire on Gaza with phosphorus shells www.timesonline.co.uk Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen. As the Israeli army stormed to the edges of Gaza City and the Palestinian death toll topped 500, the ...
video.news.sky.com Israel is under pressure to complete an inquiry into allegations that it illegally used white phosphorus shells during the war in Gaza. The weapon is not meant to be used in civilian areas, but Palestinian doctors say some patients have suffered unusual burns. Israel says it is investigating. Sky's Emma Hurd reports from Gaza.
White phosphorus causes severe burns and is illegal against a civilian population, but eye-witnesses testify that that is what Israel has been doing in Gaza, in defiance of international law. visionon.tv http
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...have to be kept submerged to prevent them igniting How does white phosphorus cause harm? In its solid form, white phosphorus burns on contact with oxygen and can reach temperatures of 800C. As a gas, phosphorus smoke can react with water to form a powerful...
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BBC News
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A second film reveals the impact of the white phosphorus on the human body. A 15-year-old boy is shown in a Gaza hospital receiving treatment for burns to his back and right arm which a doctor explains were caused by the chemical, which appears to have eaten into his flesh in several places. Lying on his hospital bed, the boy tells how he was sitting with his family in their four-storey house when an Israeli bomb hit, killing his sister with shrapnel. His testimony follows an earlier film by ...
The Guardian has obtained vivid footage of the effect of white phosphorus allegedly used by Israel during a bomb attack on Gaza last week. The film was made by Fida Qishta, a camerawoman working for the International Solidarity Movement, a non-governmental organisation operating in Gaza. It was shot on Wednesday 14 January in Khoza'a, east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. It shows clumps of the burning chemical on the ground as locals try to put it out by covering it with dust ...
Excellent report by Jonathan Millar reporting from Gaza and the UN School in Beit Lahiya where Phosphorus bombs and artillery struck, killing two children and injuring many more people. I've added a few photographs to this report at 4mins 08secs. ... UNRWA UN School Beit Lahiya White Phosphorus War Crime Israel Gaza
The film was made by Fida Qishta, a camerawoman working for the International Solidarity Movement, a non-governmental organisation operating in Gaza. It was shot on Wednesday 14 January in Khoza'a, east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. It shows clumps of the burning chemical on the ground as locals try to put it out by covering it with dust, mud and grass. The chemical, which locals describe as phosphorus, fails to go out and continues to burn through the debris piled upon it ...
picasaweb.google.co.uk For an album of pictures from the gaza massacure www.newfashionhouse.co.uk Please vote and comment This video shows that an Egyitian doctor stating what he says is evidence from the patients who have been admitted to egyptian hostpitals says that the burns suffered by patients who have suffered 3rd degree burns. white phosphorus is not an illegal weapon it as it used in open feilds whereb it acts as a smoke screen for on coming tanks and military artillary. As it ...
troops may have used phosphorus shells in Gaza [January 22 2009] Source: The Guardian - Peter Beaumont Amnesty warns Israel could be guilty of war crimes Israel has admitted after mounting pressure that its troops may have used white phosphorus shells in contravention of international law, during its three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip. One of the places most seriously affected by the use of white phosphorus was the main UN compound in Gaza City, which was hit by three shells on 15 January. ...
shells burst in the air billowing white smoke before dropping the phosphate shell. Each shell contain more than 100 wavers which, when ignited, pump out smoke for about 10 minutes. Contact with the shell remnants cause severe burns, sometimes burning the skin to the bone, consistent with descriptions by Ahmed Almi, the Egyptian doctor at the Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after attacks last Tuesday. Almi said after an hour the entire body of one victim was burned. Chemicals in smoke produced ...
A collab featuring Jakluk4: www.youtube.com International Humanitarian Law - Treaties & Documents; (Protocol III). Geneva, 10 October 1980: www.icrc.org WP shell found: www.timesonline.co.uk White Phosphorus - Incendiary: www.globalsecurity.org Island Pyrochemical Industries: www.islandgroup.com White Phosphorus: www.islandgroup.com Elementary Productions - White Phosphorus video: www.youtube.com mabakken's channel: www.youtube.com countries who have signed the Geneva Convention: www.icrc.org...
nkusa.org - CNN: Israel burns Palestinians alive with illegal White Phosphorus
One of the weapons Israel is alleged to have used in Gaza is white phosphorus, a dangerous chemical that burns its victims. Israel has not admitted using the weapon, which some human rights groups suspect comes from the US, and one small town in Arkansas. Al Jazeera's Mike Kirsch reports.
The Guardian Jan. 16 09 Video showing injuries consistent with the use of white phosporus shells has been filmed inside hospitals treating Palestinian wounded in Gaza City. Contact with the shell remnants causes severe burns, sometimes burning the skin to the bone, consistent with descriptions by Ahmed Almi, an Egyptian doctor at the al-Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. Almi said the entire body of one victim was burned within an hour. It was the first time he had seen the effects of what he ...
Guardian.co.uk (UK) Friday 16 January 2009 On Tuesday 13 January Israeli forces attacked Khoza'a, a small rural community east of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. Missiles containing white phosphorus were deployed. Dr Ahmed Almi from the al-Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis describes serious injuries and chemical burns, with victims covered in a white powder that continues to burn long after initial exposure. Warning: contains graphic footage of war injuries www.guardian.co.uk...
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...the use of white phosphorus in war as a "screen" to cover army movements but its use is highly controversial. White phosphorus can inflict agonising chemical burns. The use of white phosphorus against civilians was banned in the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions...
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Reuters Alert Net
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medical officials said, pushing the death toll up towards 1100 - a level that Mr Ban described as "unbearable". It was not clear whether the escalation signalled a new phase in the conflict. Israel has held back from all-out urban warfare in the narrow alleyways of Gaza's cities, where Hamas militants are more familiar with the lay of the land. Black smoke billowed over Gaza City, terrifying civilians who said they had "nowhere left to hide" from the relentless shelling. "I am telling you that ...
Jan 15, 2009 Khan Younis: "We could hear their bodies burning," 27-year-old Fadia Al Najjar recounts. As Israeli planes poured DIME (Dense Inert Metal Explosive) munitions on Gaza residents, Fadia recounts the night of terror her family endured. "We were terrified. We thought we were going to burn to death," she said. Fadia and her husband Ghanem, who is a paramedic, live in the Khazaa neighborhood. While the munitions were falling, Ghanem had been dispatched to attend to the wounded. While ...
Human rights groups say Israel is indiscriminately using white phosphorus in Gaza's densely populated areas. When ignited, the chemical can burn the flesh off of a person, down to the bone. Israel says the use of white phosphorus is permitted under international law, although it hasn't openly admitted using the chemical. ... Israel Gaza War day 20 chemical weapons white phosphorus Terrorism killing Arabs Palestine USA Obama president Egypt Saudi Jordon Islam muslims Europe UK France Germany ...
This video was aired by CNN on Jan. 12, 2009. rawstory.com JERUSALEM (AFP) — The Israeli army on Monday insisted all weapons being used in its Gaza war were within the bounds of international law amid accusations it was using white phosphorus and other deadly munitions. Medics in Gaza say they have treated more than 50 people suffering burns caused by controversial white phosphorus shells, a claim backed up by a report of the New York-based Human Rights Watch. And two Norwegian doctors ...
chemical was suspected in the case of 10 burn victims who had skin peeling off their faces and bodies. The substance can cause serious burns if it touches the skin and can spark fires on the ground, the rights group said in a written statement calling on Israel not to use it in crowded areas of Gaza. Israel used white phosphorus in its 34-day war with Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006. The US military in Iraq used the incendiary during a November 2004 operation against insurgents in Fallujah. ...
This taken from a report on Aljazeera, clearly shows the use of what appears to be white phosphorus. White phosphorus can cause serious burns that can reach all the way to the bones.
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