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Taleban 'used white phosphorous'
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 6 months ago
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A military spokesman, Col Greg Julian, said at least 44 incidents of Taleban militants using or storing the weapons had been documented...But it causes severe chemical burns on flesh and cannot legally be used as a weapon against people. A senior doctor,...
Tags: W Afghanistan, white phosphorus, Taliban Trade Accusations, Afghan Taliban, Hamid Karzai, phosphorus munitions, U.S, white phosphorous
Israel admits using white phosporous in attacks on Gaza
Jerusalem :: Israel | 10 months ago
Credibility After weeks of strenuous denial that it had used white phosphorous in the heavily populated Gaza Strip, Israel finally admitted today that the controversial weapon had been deployed in its offensive. The army’s use of white phosphorous — with its distinctive...
Tags: israel, gaza, war, politic, Israeli, attack, hamas, Amnesty International, palestine, white phosphorous
Israel denies Gaza munitions had depleted uranium
Gaza :: Palestine | 10 months ago
Credibility Israel on Tuesday denied allegations it used depleted uranium munitions in Gaza, accusing the Arab nations that made the report of "particularly poor propaganda." On Monday, Arab nations asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate reports...
Tags: israel, gaza, white phosphorous, Israeli, Gaza Strip, Gaza City, Gazan, war crimes, depleted uranium, Arab
Obama urged to act on human rights
Gaza :: Palestine | 10 months ago
Credibility Barack Obama, the US president-elect, should put human rights at the centre of his foreign, domestic and security policy to undo "the enormous damage" of the Bush years, a leading rights group has said. Human Rights Watch said the Bush administration...
Tags: obama, israel, white phosphorous, civilians, Human Rights Watch, Bush, war, Israeli, Gaza, child
Doctors call for halt to Gaza assault
Oslo :: Norway | 10 months ago
Credibility International doctors called for an end to the violence in Gaza, saying hospitals were scenes of "nightmarish havoc" in articles published Wednesday in The Lancet medical journal. In a special report detailing the human toll of the Gaza offensive, the...
Tags: gaza, Gaza City, Israeli, Dr. Mads Gilbert, Norwegian, white phosphorous, shifa hospitals, experimental munitions
Erdogan slams Israel harshly in televised parliamentary session
Gaza :: Palestine | 10 months ago
Credibility Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday reiterated his harsh criticism against Israel Operation Cast Lead aimed at restoring calm to the South of Israel. Speaking to the Turkish Parliament in Ankara in a session that was carried by local...
Tags: israel, white phosphorous, soldier, civilians, child, kill, Israeli, palestine, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Israel Operation Cast Lead
Israeli reservists join Gaza war Monitoring Desk
Jerusalem :: Israel | 10 months ago
Credibility As the offensive entered its 17th day on Monday, Al Jazeera's Zeina Awad reported from the Israel-Gaza border that Israeli aircraft had sustained its bombardment through the night. The Israeli military said that it had undertaken 10 air attacks overnight,...
Tags: israel, gaza, school, white phosphorous, Israeli, Gaza Strip, cease-fire, Gaza City/Jabaliya, end, Sudan President Gaza
Israel using Cluster bombs, Depleted Uranium and White Phosphorus in Gaza
An entry posted on Laila El-Haddad's blog, 'Raising Yousuf and Noor: diary of a Palestinian mother' not only talks about the first hand experiences of Gaza residents who bore the brunt of massive Israeli onslaught from air, land and sea but also...
Tags: white phosphorous, depleted uranium, mass scale killing and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
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