Human Rights Watch sees signs of white phosphorus use in Gaza

The reddish-brown scorch marks are still visible on the roofs and cream-colored stucco walls.

Villagers here in this southern Gaza farm town say their neighborhood was showered with hundreds of chunks of burning white phosphorus, a controversial substance commonly used as a smoke screen to cover troop movements, over a three-day Israeli incursion in Khozaa last month. Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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by Patricia Blochowiak - Feb. 15, 2009

Objective facts regarding American-made white phosphorus use in heavily-populated Gaza.

I am disgusted that my tax money supports war crimes. www.ifAmericansknew.org

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