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white%20phosphorous%20shells.jpgIsrael, with United States sponsorship is now using chemical weapons against the people of Gaza, including white phosphorous.

From Kabobfest:

What did Saddam Hussein use in his Halabja poison gas attack, along with other chemical weapons?

White phosphorous.

The US used this very same chemical weapon in the attack on Falluja in 2004.

The Geneva Conventions make the use of white phosphorous as a chemical weapon illegal and when you read the effects of it, it’s easy to see why.

It ignites on contact with oxygen. Particles on a person can be temporarily extinguished with water, but as soon as they are dry they will recombust. Longer-term exposure causes poisoning, which leads to wounds of the mouth and eventual destruction of the whole jawbone.

Exposure to white phosphorus smoke in the air can also cause liver, kidney, heart, lung or bone damage and even death.

Israel insists that it is using white phosphorous as a smoke screen.

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