Introduction — Oct 31, 2018
White phosphorus shells explode in Gaza.
Despite official denials, the U.S. and/or its allies Saudi Arabia and Israel have a history of using White Phosphorus.
Early in September Russia accused the U.S. of using the banned incendiary in the Deir Ezzor region, Syria. Now further allegations have emerged as Syria’s UN ambassador claims that US forces used White Phosphorus in the east of the country on Monday.
For those unfamiliar with its effects, White Phosphorus is a deadly incendiary that causes particularly nasty injuries, often burning right through to the bone. U.S. forces used White Phosphorus extensively in Fallujah, Iraq, and Afghanistan and they now appear to using it again in Syria. Ed.
US-led coalition uses white phosphorus bombs against Syrian city: Damascus
Press TV — Oct 30, 2018
Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari addresses the media at the UN Headquarters in New York. Click to enlarge
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Ja’afari says the so-called international coalition led by the United States has once again used white phosphorus bombs against Hajin city in Syria’s troubled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Monday, the Syrian senior diplomat further condemned the use of banned weapons by the US-led coalition against the small city.
His comments came a few hours after Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources, reported that earlier in the day, the so-called coalition had shelled several localities in Hajin, some 110 kilometers east of Dayr al-Zawr, with white phosphorus munitions that can maim and kill by burning to the bone.
On October 13, SANA also reported that the US-led coalition, purportedly fighting the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, dropped internationally-banned white phosphorus bombs on Hajin.
On September 8, two F-15 warplanes of the US Air Force targeted the same Syrian city with white phosphorous bombs.
In June last year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that the US-led coalition was deploying white phosphorous bombs in both Iraq and Syria.