Comments on: White phosphorus, ‘terror weapon’

By: Rowan Berkeley

Rowan Berkeley — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I didn't think this story was worth notice, because it carefully and punctiliously leaves the door open for the official IDF claim, that these white phosphorus shells are only used to provide a wall of smoke to cover an infantry advance. If there was even a hint of scepticism expressed regarding this claim, I couldn't see it. It was not endorsed either, simply left on the table as the last word, so to speak.

By: A blogger from Lebanon

A blogger from Lebanon — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Contrast Israel's targeting of civilians with genocidal phosphorous shells, with the real "victims" of Hamas fire :

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They sure doesn't look like they're kicking the shit out of Hamas. And these pictures are from fighting in non-urban areas. Wait til they try to go into urban areas. Hamas might not even get the chance to shoot at them. They will be eaten alive by the people who have been bombed by the terrorists.

By: A blogger from Lebanon

A blogger from Lebanon — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Here's what a zionist victory looks like, I guess:

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Could they be some of the soldiers who sustained "cold weather injuries"?

By: Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

No doubt Charles MillÃ¡n Astray Krauthammer, or Noah Pollak will show us how humane and just this is. Phosphorus builds strong bodies, perhaps, or its glow entertains the kiddies so they die happy.

Good Lord. This thing has turned me into a bitter old man. Imagine how I'd react if I were Palestinian.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

The phosphorus bombs were gifts from America to Israel. They make the Rev. Haggee smile.

By: Eurosabra

Eurosabra — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Those are airbursts, being used as a smokescreen. Civilians in Gaza will have overhead cover from their dwellings or vehicles, and I doubt the farmers are working their fields. Problematic of course for rocket launchers in open areas. And the whole point of smokescreens is that you put them in empty ground, so that people can't see ACROSS open empty space to your troops. "Shake n'bake" does not seem to be part of the Israeli vocabulary.

By: rabbi kook

rabbi kook — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

ON contrar, Eurosabra, shake n bake is exactly what Israel is doing–the leaders should be shot, just as the Americans who allowed that in Iraq should be shot. Go back to Israel.

By: Eurosabra

Eurosabra — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Not any of the REAL Rabbi Kooks,

None of the video from Shifa Hospital shows people with WP burns. I assume you also want the leaders of Hamas shot for shooting ball-bearing-stuffed rockets into Israel--they are an "indiscriminate anti-personnel" weapon violation of the main GCs, whereas incendiary weapons are a protocol. Hypocrite.

By: kassandra

kassandra — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Just read a story about the "traumatized" population of Sderot pulling their plastic lawn chairs onto higher spaces to get a better view of the Gaza Warsaw Ghetto massaacre and comment approvingly. Not much concern about those bottle rockets here.

Then there was the Times of London White Phosphorous story marked on a pro-Israel site and the readers were urged to visit the article and post "favorable comments".

There is an 800 pound gorilla in the room that noone mentions: Israel and its claque, a la yurosabra above, are making anti-Semitism respectable. Do you think the average whitey will be able to, or even bother, separating the anti-Zionist jews from the Zionists?

By: Paul Malfara

Paul Malfara — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

If Zionism equals Judaism,
anti-semitism is a moral imperative.