November 11, 2004
WMD "Discovered" In Iraq
The Pentagon is pulling out all stops to "liberate" the people of Fallujah. According to residents, the city is now littered with thousands of cluster bombs. In an explosive accusation -- and not substantiated -- an Iraqi doctor who requested anonymity has told al-Quds Press that "the U.S. occupation troops are gassing resistance fighters and confronting them with internationally banned chemical weapons." The Washington Post has confirmed that U.S. troops are firing white-phosphorus rounds that create a screen of fire impervious to water.
Dr Muhammad Ismail, a member of the governing board of Fallujah's general hospital "captured" by the Americans at the outset of Operation Phantom Fury, has called all Iraqi doctors for urgent help. Ismail told Iraqi and Arab press that the number of wounded civilians is growing exponentially -- and medical supplies are almost non-existent. He confirmed that U.S. troops had arrested many members of the hospital's medical staff and had sealed the storage of medical supplies.
The wounded in Fallujah are in essence left to die. There is not a single surgeon in town. And practically no doctors as well, as the Pentagon decided to bomb both the al-Hadar Hospital and the Zayid Mobile Hospital. So far, the International Committee of the Red Cross has reacted with thunderous apathy.
Norman Solomon has more information regarding the phosphorous bombs. Wonder if the military is also using the "fireballs" that it acknowledged are "remarkable similar" to napalm, as it did during the initial invasion?
Posted by Eddie Tews at November 11, 2004 04:33 PM
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