> U.S. Used Mustard gas, Nerve gas, and Burning Chemicals on Iraqis in Fallujah
6 March 2005, 01:37
As a Canadian, I feel that the American invasion of Iraq was ordered by a short sighted president with a hidden agenda. It is abundantly clear that the invasion was not carried out to bring democracy to Iraq as the American propaganda machine would like people to belive.
However, after reading this article - I’d have to say that this is an example of propaganda at the other end of the spectrum. I am not trying to defend anybody here - but this story should be viewed with extreme skepticism and many grains of salt.
I’m not saying that the use of weaponized mustard gas and napalm isn’t possible - but what caught my attention was the claimed use of "limited nuclear weapons." If such was the case, not only would radioactive evidence be readily verifiable by more than just one doctor conducting research in that city - but American occupying torces themselves would be at extreme risk from their own weapons - evidenced by the terrifying effects of radiation sickness. Surely, it would have to gradually affect others outside of Falluja. Radioactive contaminants tend to spread and affect vast areas - "limited" or not.
Even if suppression by goverment was attempted, radiation sickness is not hard to identify and information would surely leak - particularly if coalition forces were affected.
No, the use of "limited nuclear weapons" makes no sense on a tactical level either. There would be no advantage to it’s use. Additionally, the American Gov’t would most likely not risk using it experimentally on Fallujan rebels considering the shaky support that the war is already receiving and what exposure of its use could potentially do.
The story - on this level at least - lacks credibility, particularly when its only source is from one doctor. Furthermore, the story does not say that photographic evidence of horribly disfigured people clearly suffering from effects of napalm or mustard gas were tabled during the news conference. Clearly, this would have been a first step in establishing the validity of the claims.
No, for a US administration that fumbles through it’s term - and whose soldiers almost kill a freed italian journalist - I cannot give the American administration the credit that they would have effectively suppressed this so well.
In any event, I look forward to the release of Dr. ash-Shaykhli’s findings.
As a Canadian, I feel that the American invasion of Iraq was ordered by a short sighted president with a hidden agenda. It is abundantly clear that the invasion was not carried out to bring democracy to Iraq as the American propaganda machine would like people to belive.
However, after reading this article - I’d have to say that this is an example of propaganda at the other end of the spectrum. I am not trying to defend anybody here - but this story should be viewed with extreme skepticism and many grains of salt.
I’m not saying that the use of weaponized mustard gas and napalm isn’t possible - but what caught my attention was the claimed use of "limited nuclear weapons." If such was the case, not only would radioactive evidence be readily verifiable by more than just one doctor conducting research in that city - but American occupying torces themselves would be at extreme risk from their own weapons - evidenced by the terrifying effects of radiation sickness. Surely, it would have to gradually affect others outside of Falluja. Radioactive contaminants tend to spread and affect vast areas - "limited" or not.
Even if suppression by goverment was attempted, radiation sickness is not hard to identify and information would surely leak - particularly if coalition forces were affected.
No, the use of "limited nuclear weapons" makes no sense on a tactical level either. There would be no advantage to it’s use. Additionally, the American Gov’t would most likely not risk using it experimentally on Fallujan rebels considering the shaky support that the war is already receiving and what exposure of its use could potentially do.
The story - on this level at least - lacks credibility, particularly when its only source is from one doctor. Furthermore, the story does not say that photographic evidence of horribly disfigured people clearly suffering from effects of napalm or mustard gas were tabled during the news conference. Clearly, this would have been a first step in establishing the validity of the claims.
No, for a US administration that fumbles through it’s term - and whose soldiers almost kill a freed italian journalist - I cannot give the American administration the credit that they would have effectively suppressed this so well.
In any event, I look forward to the release of Dr. ash-Shaykhli’s findings.
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