Jeff Englehart, Colorado Springs veteran of war on Iraq is focus of Italian documentary exposing illegal U.S. chemical weapons use in Fallujah

U.S. Broadcast Exclusive - "Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre" on the U.S. Use of Napalm-Like White Phosphorus Bombs

The Democracy Now broadcast centers around the Italian documentary, Fallujah, the Hidden Massacre. In the documentary, former Army Specialist Jeff Englehart, of Colorado Springs, alleges mass use of chemical weopons by U.S. in Fallujah and describes radio transmissions calling for the use of Whiskey Pete, Willy Pete, or white phosphorus on targets which included civilian population. Also featured is Springs Iraq vet, Garrett Reppenhagen.

Pentagon spokesperson, Lt. Col. Steve Boylan, first asserts that white phosphorous is not an illegal weapon, but "is a perfectly legal weapon to use by all conventions of land warfare...White phosphorous has been used. I do not recall that it was used as an offensive weapon...It is a perfectly legal weapon to use."

Maurizio Torrealta from Italian State television broadcaster, Rai TV, says that the use of white phosphorous is only permitted for non-weaponry uses such as concealment and illumination and the use of it by the U.S. as a weapon violates Geneva convention. When when confronted by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman with a description from the Geneva Convention on Certain Chemical Weapons, Protocal Three on the illegality of incendiary weapons (October 10, 1980) Boylan said that white phosphorous was not used as a weapon: "I know of no cases where people were deliberately targeted by the use of white phosphorous."

The documentary features extensive descriptions, by Jeff Englehart, of the use and effects of white phosphorous.

A former member of the British Parliament resigned after being told of the use of a napalm type weapon, Mark 77, or MK 77, in 2003.

Independent (UK) report on the massive use of illegal white phosphorous bombs by the US in Fallujah (also mentions the use of Mark 77)
But now new information has surfaced, including hideous photographs and videos and interviews with American soldiers who took part in the Fallujah attack, which provides graphic proof that phosphorus shells were widely deployed in the city as a weapon.

Scan of letter from British MP admitting that Pentagon used 30 MK77 (napalm type bombs)

I've found the RAI TV site overloaded at times. Here is an alternative source (Information Clearing House) for accessing the documentary, as well as some other articles on the subject.

Also, don't miss Free Speech Network's Deep Dish TV documentary, Fallujah

Daily Kos:
US Army Admits Use of White Phosphorus as Weapon

Jeff Englehart's blog

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