Israel Confesses To Using Chemical Weapons In Lebanon
Israel dropped phosphorous bombs on Lebanon this summer, its government has admitted for the first time. During the war, the Lebanese government accused Israel of dropping the controversial weapons. But Israel had previously claimed it only used the bombs, which cause severe chemical burns, to mark targets or territory.
For those that are not aware, Phosphorus weapons are a chemical weapon and a particularly nasty one at that...You know about chemical weapons, right? The type of weapons that are banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention. The type of weapons that were used to justify the War WITH Iraq (in capitals because I am sick of hearing about the war IN Iraq. The war, when discussed in this manner, sounds like a bunch of Iraqis that must be attacked rather than an entire nation that is being destroyed. For the first time in modern history, the whole of Iraq is united against one common enemy rather than against one another. What an incredible and catalysing effect the US has really had on their country, after all! Is it not much harder to actually consider it in that context? I think so.)
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