11 Dec 2004

USA Napalms Iraqis - Howard should withdraw Australian troops from Iraq

US troops have used internationally banned incendiary weapon of napalm on Iraq. Napalm is a horrible weapon, it turns victims into human fireballs as the gel bonds to the flesh in a flaming agony. It essentially melts the victim with an agonizing death.

In August the USA admitted to using napalm in Iraq. Dozens of napalm bombs were used in March and April 2003.

http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-08/10/article10.shtml

Napalm is a horrifying weapon, a mixture of jet fuel and polystyrene that sticks to skin as it burns. A U.N. convention banned the use against civilian targets in 1980. The U.S. did not sign the treaty. "Napalm creates horrible wounds," Robert Musil, director of the organization Physicians for Social Responsibility, told the British paper the Independent.

It is uncertain just how often napalm is deployed by U.S. forces against innocent Iraqi citizens. The fact evidence of napalm use exists is sufficient cause for Prime Minister John Howard to withdraw Australian troops from Iraq.

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