Wed., Nov 16, 2005

A US government website had previously insisted that phosphorus shells were merely “fired into the air to illuminate enemy positions at night, not at enemy fighters”. The Pentagon now admits that phosphorus was indeed “used as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants” — although not against civilians. In London Robert Tuttle, the US Ambassador, who on Tuesday rebutted reports that American forces used phosphorus as a weapon, told The Times: “We did the best we could with the information we had, but we regret that it was not totally accurate.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1875728,00.html

"The military estimates that 2,000 people in Fallujah were killed, but claims that most of them were fighters. Relief personnel and locals, however, believe the vast majority of the dead were civilians." (Jamail, 'An Eyewitness Account of Fallujah,' December 16, 2004,

http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com/hard_news/archives/2004_12_19.php

“I saw cluster bombs everywhere, and so many bodies that were burned, dead with no bullets in them. So they definitely used fire weapons, especially in Julan district. I watched American snipers shoot civilians so many times. I saw an American sniper in a minaret of a mosque shooting everyone that moved.” )

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20051116&articleId=1266


Informant: John Calvert