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Task & Purpose
November 2, 2017
By the time the sun set on Baghdad on April 4, 2004, more than 60 soldiers were wounded — many gravely — and eight were dead from a series of deadly ambushes and desperate rescue ... It's light on stereotypes and caricatures of men-at-arms who piss napalm and floss their teeth with concertina wire.
Mirror.co.uk
April 12, 2017
Weapons used included the defoliant Agent Orange which according to the Red Cross has left 1m people - and many American veterans - severely ill with chromosomal defects, birth deformities, high rates of leukaemia and cancers. Napalm, developed at Harvard in 1942, was used indiscriminately.
AlterNet
December 8, 2016
Mattis was the head of Camp Pendleton's 1st Marine Division in Iraq and played a lead role during both of the US sieges of Fallujah in 2004. ... At that time I broke the story of the US military's use of white phosphorous, an incendiary weapon similar to napalm in its ability to burn all the way down to the bone.
Truth-Out
December 6, 2016
Mattis was the head of Camp Pendleton's 1st Marine Division in Iraq and played a lead role during both of the US sieges of Fallujah in 2004. ... At that time I broke the story of the US military's use of white phosphorous, an incendiary weapon similar to napalm in its ability to burn all the way down to the bone.
The Times
September 25, 2016
Russian and Syrian warplanes dropped napalm, cluster bombs and ground-penetrating bunker buster munitions to try to destroy rebel resistance. An emergency meeting of the UN security council, called by the US, UK and France, heard that Russia and Syria launched 150 airstrikes in 72 hours. The SyrianÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
April 13, 2016
This is a repeat of the media's refusal to give proper attention to the U.S.'s brutal assault on Fallujah in 2004 which decimated the city and its civilian population ... [I]nternationally prohibited weapons were used in the bombing of the city, such as phosphoric weapons, Napalm, bombs containing unknown gases, causing theÃÂ ...
The Guardian
August 24, 2013
The second, in California's North County Times, was by a reporter embedded with the marines in the April 2004 siege of Falluja. "'Gun up!' ... The US, the minister replied, has "confirmed to us that they have not used mark 77 firebombs, which are essentially napalm canisters, in Iraq at any time". The USÃÂ ...
Independent
May 3, 2010
The case raises serious questions about the UK's role in the American-led offensive against the city of Fallujah in the autumn of 2004 where hundreds of ... During the attack coalition forces are alleged to have used weapons including white phosphorus, a modern form of napalm, and depleted uranium.
BBC News
November 17, 2005
The Pentagon's admission - despite earlier denials - that US troops used white phosphorus as a weapon in Falluja last year is more than a public ... The article, written by a captain, a first lieutenant and a sergeant, was a review of the attack on Falluja in November 2004 and in particular of the use of indirectÃÂ ...
New York Times
November 6, 2004
Mr. Holmes has tried to convey the 2004 assault on Falluja, when the Americans used a ferocious strategy to re-establish control of the town after the massacre of ... The denunciations of the United States are severe, particularly in the scenes that deal with the use of napalm in Falluja, an allegation made byÃÂ ...
Mirror.co.uk
April 12, 2017
Napalm, developed at Harvard in 1942, was used indiscriminately. It generates temperatures of 1,200 degrees Celsius, causes severe burns, ...
AlterNet
January 17, 2017
James Mattis Is a War Criminal: I Experienced His Attack on Fallujah Firsthand ... similar to napalm in its ability to burn all the way down to the bone. ... Taken from a chapter about the April 2004 US siege of Fallujah, this report ...
Truth-Out
December 6, 2016
During the April 2004 siege, more than 700 civilians were killed by the US ... weapon similar to napalm in its ability to burn all the way down to the bone. ... Taken from a chapter about the April 2004 US siege of Fallujah, this ...
CounterPunch
November 28, 2016
The Los Angeles Times reported that “On April 4 [2004], Maj. ... Secretary Rumsfeld told reporters “The Fallujah brigade didn't work; and they ...
PBS NewsHour
June 3, 2016
U.S. Marine patrol in the Iraqi western war-torn city of Fallujah. ... In 2004, some 125 American troops, mostly Marines, lost their lives in two ...
Huffington Post
April 13, 2016
In late March 2016, a Fallujah medical source told Human Rights Watch that each day ... effects is the Marine assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah in November 2004. ... such as phosphoric weapons, Napalm, bombs containing unknown gases, ...
Democracy Now
November 19, 2005
White phosphorus is often compared to napalm because it ..... Marines during the siege of Fallujah, which, as you say, took place in April 2004.
The Guardian
November 16, 2005
Now we know napalm and phosphorus bombs have been dropped on Iraqis, why ... embedded with the marines in the April 2004 siege of Falluja. ... He asked "whether mark 77 firebombs have been used by coalition forces".
Mirror.co.uk
April 12, 2017
Napalm, developed at Harvard in 1942, was used indiscriminately. It generates temperatures of 1,200 degrees Celsius, causes severe burns,ÃÂ ...
Socialist Worker Online
January 8, 2017
The four-star general got the name "Mad Dog" after his role in the 2004 attack on Fallujah. Independent journalist Dahr Jamail, who was insideÃÂ ...
AlterNet
December 8, 2016
James Mattis Is a War Criminal: I Experienced His Attack on Fallujah Firsthand ... similar to napalm in its ability to burn all the way down to the bone. ... Taken from a chapter about the April 2004 US siege of Fallujah, this reportÃÂ ...
Truth-Out
December 6, 2016
During the April 2004 siege, more than 700 civilians were killed by the US ... weapon similar to napalm in its ability to burn all the way down to the bone. ... Taken from a chapter about the April 2004 US siege of Fallujah, thisÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
September 25, 2016
It is unclear exactly how the napalm-like chemical is being used. Under international legal norms, the use of white phosphorus is banned inÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
September 25, 2016
It is unclear exactly how the napalm-like chemical is being used. Under international legal norms, the use of white phosphorus is banned inÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
September 25, 2016
It is unclear exactly how the napalm-like chemical is being used. Under international legal norms, the use of white phosphorus is banned inÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
June 3, 2016
U.S. Marine patrol in the Iraqi western war-torn city of Fallujah. ... In 2004, some 125 American troops, mostly Marines, lost their lives in twoÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
April 13, 2016
In late March 2016, a Fallujah medical source told Human Rights Watch that each day ... effects is the Marine assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah in November 2004. ... such as phosphoric weapons, Napalm, bombs containing unknown gases,ÃÂ ...
The Guardian
February 12, 2008
Did US troops use chemical weapons in Falluja? ... a reporter embedded with the marines in the April 2004 siege of Falluja. ... they have not used mark 77 firebombs, which are essentially napalm canisters, in Iraq at any time".
Lankaweb
December 31, 1999
When in 2004, journalists embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq began reporting the use of white phosphorus in Fallujah against IraqiÃÂ ...
AlterNet
January 17, 2017
During the April 2004 siege, more than 700 civilians were killed by the US military, according to Iraqi doctors in the city whom I interviewed in the aftermath of that attack.
Axis of Logic
September 26, 2016
It is unclear exactly how the Napalm-like chemical is being used. ... The United States' use of the malevolent substance has been most notable in the 2004 battle for Fallujah, Iraq which has caused grotesque birth defects among the civilian population ...
HP/De Tijd
September 21, 2016
De zeer ontvlambare munitie kan tegen soldaten of burgers worden ingezet en de effecten zijn dan vergelijkbaar met die van napalm: de hoge temperaturen verminken mensen gruwelijk, met soms de dood als gevolg. Onduidelijk is nog of het Saoedische leger ...
Socialist Worker
May 24, 2016
This is the context for the Iraqi army's operation in Fallujah, to clear out Isis, backed by US airpower, that began on Tuesday morning.
Huffington Post
April 13, 2016
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported last week that the residents of the Iraqi town of Fallujah are starving due to a siege imposed by the U.S.
AOL News
February 9, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon proposed a $582.7 billion defense budget on Tuesday that emphasizes threats like Russia, China and Islamic State rebels, but the plan is already under fire from Republicans who accuse President Barack Obama ofÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
December 2, 2015
Robert Parry (2015) makes the point that any sort of improvised bomb 'dropped from helicopters' would most likely be far less indiscriminate than most missile attacks, not to speak of the depleted uranium, napalm, white phosphorous and cluster ...
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