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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, January 22, 2009

UNRWA head slideshow on the phosphorous in Gaza

There are a couple of slideshows at the Guardian on the use of white phosphorous bombs in Gaza. I thought they were interesting. (Two more in the right column.)

Also, (NYTimes) Outcry Erupts Over Reports That Israel Used Phosphorus Arms on Gazans

And, (TimesOnline) The Israelis are trying to shield the names of commanders to protect them from war crimes prosecutions.

posted by mikevotes at 7:13 AM

5 Comments:

  • Good post mike. The War on Terror somehow morphed into the War on Islam. Thanks to the efforts of people like Daniel Pipes. That needs rolling back.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:03 AM  

  • Sorry, that comment was for the post on Guantanamo.

    This one belongs here...

    Use of phosphorous weapons improper? Looks like a job for Dershowitz.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:06 AM  

  • I figured that out.

    But, proving something like this is a war crime requires intent. Technically it's legal to use this stuff for smoke and screening. To prosecute, you have to prove the intent was to use this as a weapon, and that is relatively easily legally evaded.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:04 PM  

  • Right. The case won't go far.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:07 PM  

  • Without an inside source and documents, near impossible.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 3:27 PM  

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