11-18-2005, 08:51 PM
Occhidiangela,Nov 18 2005, 09:40 AM Wrote:But they do raise the issue of the military's judgment. Because fires can burn out of control during a battle, the Convention on Conventional Weapons in 1980 banned the use of incendiary devices, like white phosphorous, in heavily populated areas.
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Perhaps the decision to use WP was partly determined by the building materials used in the city? It seems to me that fires would not easily spread in cities like Fallujah.
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