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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nThe handwringers at the Washington Post<\/a> are concerned that we might be killing ISIS in Mosul, Iraq and Raqqa, Syria with White Phosphorous artillery rounds. Well, actually, in public they’re accusing the US and our allies of using Willy Pete in areas populated with civilians.<\/p>\n For the uninitiated, white phosphorus is generally used to screen attacks or withdrawals. It burns superhot, at about 1500 degrees Fahrenheit, and doesn’t stop burning until it runs out of fuel. It can burn through an engine block and through a body. But it has a thick white smoke that can cover troop movements. The US claims that the use in Iraq and Syria was to cover civilians trying to escape the battle.<\/p>\n The Post quotes human rights groups” like Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently<\/a> and Human Rights Watch<\/a> and a video which is supposedly taken by one of these groups. We’re told that the willie pete is detonating over populated areas. The picture at the tops of this page is from a screen shot of that video. I’m pretty sure that civilians aren’t flying ISIS flags over their homes.<\/p>\n Here’s another screen shot from the video;<\/p>\n That doesn’t look like a very densely populated area, either. This isn’t damage that would result from the application of white phosphorous to this particular battle space. <\/p>\n Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Mosul-300x169.jpg\")
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