WARNING: THE LINK CONTAINED IN THIS DIARY HAS SOME EXTREMELY DISTURBING, GRAPHIC PHOTOS OF THE RESULTS OF OUR MILITARY'S NAPALMING OF IRAQI CITIZENS, SPECIFICALLY CHILDREN

For those of you who have the stomach to see the results of our murderous War on Iraq, follow me below the fold.

| June 1972 Photo of Napalm Bombing of Trang Bang / Copyright Nick Ut / The Associated Press |

   A soldier tries to pour water from his canteen on her burning arms.  The picture shows the indiscriminate use of a well-tested weapon on a civilian population.  But at some point, napalm was used in an experimental sense.  Pilots had to learn when to release the cannisters and at which altitude and speed for maximum effect.   Napalm had a specific tactical use in WWII in fire bombing raids against Dresden and cities in Japan.  http://en.wikipedia.org/...  

More importantly, I now have the framework of a plan.

Please recommend this diary and give it the legs it needs to get the word out.  The broad strokes are just below the fold.

Today Reuters reports the use of napalm-like weapons in Iraq-- and a denial from the Pentagon that it's ever used WP against civilians:

The US military has denied that it used white phosphorus against civilians. It confirmed, however, that US forces had dropped MK 77 firebombs, which a documentary on Italian state-run broadcaster RAI compared to napalm, against military targets in Iraq in March and April 2003

That denial is rather interesting, in view of this WP article from 2004.

More after the jump.

http://conceptionmedia.net/...

Rather than leave this entry as a comment on Hunter's diary, I'm using my one-diary-entry per day to bring 'Caught in the Crossfire' to the attention of the dKos community with the suggestion that you purchase this video and hold some "educational viewing" evenings with friends and family.

More below the fold

This post is about the dogs of war. I was going to post a photo here, but I find I can't. Instead I will provide a description of the effects of white phosphorus munitions. This from those friendly, family owned and operated folks at GlobalSecurity.org

-On the direction of the President and Congress, the US military is waging a war in Iraq.

-The war is unjustified, illegal and immoral.

-The US military has misinformed tbe public about the use of weapons and tactics in this war.

-The US military does not intentionally target civilians.

-Civilians are victims of this war.

-Incendiary weapons including white phosphorus and napalm have been used in this war and reported in the media.

-Civilians have been the victims of these incendiary weapons.

-A documentary on Italian TV has recently described the incendiary weapons as "chemical weapons".  

-All hell breaks loose on Dailykos.

So... what exactly is the startling news that has everyone at each other's throats?

I will restate again what should be obvious to everyone who has been paying attention since this war began:

THERE IS NO NEWS HERE.

If we only read and cry about it, if we only talk amongst ourselves about it, we are complicit in the eyes of the world, permitting this to go unquestioned.

I don't know about you, but my soul cannot bear complicity in something this evil.  Join me now in taking action if you feel the same way.  Next steps after the jump.

Does anyone in their right mind have any doubt that the bombing, invasion and conquest of Iraq was anything other than a long series of war crimes, beginning before the official war and continuing throughout the occupation?

Jeff Englehardt, one of the former US soldiers who speaks out has some very interesting revelations on the attack on Fallujah that he took part in.

That the US has used white phosphorus to firebomb civilian targets with MK77 ordinance in assaults on Fallujah has been well known and leaking out around the edges of the US corporate media for more than a year.

It also has been admitted to, indirectly, by the Pentagon.

In June of 2005, the Independent/UK ran an article titled "US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war." Excerpt follows: