Napalm Raid on Falluja?

[raysr]

by Giulano Sgrena
"We buried them, but we could not identify them because they were charred from the napalm bombs used by the Americans». People from Saqlawiya village, near Falluja, told al Jazeera television, based in Qatar, that they helped bury 73 bodies of women and children completely charred, all in the same grave. The sad story of common graves, which started at Saddam’s times, is not yet finished. Nobody could confirm if napalm bombs have been used in Falluja, but other bodies found last year after the fierce battle at Baghdad airport were also completely charred and some thought of nuclear bombs. No independent source could verify the facts, since all the news arrived until now are those spread by journalists embedded with the American troops, who would only allow British and American media to enrol with them. But the villagers who fled in the last few days spoke of many bodies which had not been buried: it was too dangerous to collect the corpses during the battle."
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=5444

[whistle]

1. "There is nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning....

...can you smell it?...<pause>..."It smells like....victory!"

<snip>

Robert Duvall: "Smell that?... Do you smell that?"

Sam Bottoms: "What."

Duvall: "Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that... I love the smell of napalm in the morning... Ya know, that gasoline smell... It smells like... victory."

<link> http://www.wavsource.com/movies/apocalypse_now.htm

War crimes in Iraq, that's most certain.

[raysr]

3. Uniquely american

isn't it?

[natrat]

5. just like they did with the american indians

[2diagnosis]

8. We used napalm on the American Indians? nt

[Why Syzygy]

2. No doubt

Does 50-53% of the American population feel the rage I do?

Yesterday Bill Taylor, responsible for the reconstruction of the Department of state, said that the United States government will spend more than 100 million dollars for the reconstruction of Falluja. The money will be invested in public buildings, private houses, shops, infrastructure. A destruction which could be avoided, if a different solution had been chosen for Falluja, as it was wished by many Iraqis.

[raysr]

4. It's really

unbelieveable, these times!

[Up2Late]

6. No, it's not Napalm, It's "Napalm-like firebombs"

{Here ONE of the reports from 2003}

US defends use of napalm-like firebombs

August 8, 2003 - 8:35AM

US forces used napalm-like MK-77 firebombs against Iraqi forces in their drive toward Baghdad last spring, a Pentagon official confirmed today, defending their use as legal and necessary.

US Marine Corps jets dropped the firebombs at least once in March to take out Iraqi positions at the town of Safwan just across the Kuwait border from the US-led invasion force, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity...

(clip)

The MK-77 are filled with a different mix of incendiary chemicals than napalm but have the same terrifying effect, a penetrating fire that seeps into dug-in infantry positions.

"The generals love napalm," Alles was quoted as saying...

(more at link)

<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/08/1060145835413.html?oneclick=true>

[seriousstan]

9. Mk77 is napalm.

MK77 750lb Napalm
MK78 500lb Napalm
MK79 1000lb Napalm
A fire bomb is a thin skinned container of fuel gel designed for use against dug-in troops, supply installations, wooden structures, and land convoys. The MK 77 500-pound fire bomb is the only fire bomb now in service. Fire bombs rupture on impact and spread burning fuel gel on surrounding objects. MK 13 Mod 0 igniters are used to ignite the fuel gel mixture upon impact.

The MK-77 is a napalm canister munition. The MK77 familiy is an evolution of the incendiary bombs M-47 and M-74, used during the conflict in Korea and the war in Vietnam. Napalm is an incendiary mixture of benzene, gasoline and polystyrene. The Marine Corps dropped all of the approximately 500 MK-77s used in the Gulf War. They were delivered primarily by the AV-8 Harriers from relatively low altitudes. MK-77s were used to ignite the Iraqis oil-filled fire trenches, which were part of barriers constructed in southern Kuwait.
The containers of napalm bomber are very light and fabricated of aluminum, with a capacity for about 75 gallons of combustible gel. They lack stabilizing fins, and consequently acquire a tumbling motion on being dropped that contributes to the scattering of the combustible gel over a wide area.

While the MK-77 is the only incendiary munition currently in active inventory, a variety of other incendiary devices were produced, including the M-47 Napalm bomb, the M-74 incendiary bomb, and white phosphorous and munitions manufacturing. Production of these devices continued during the Korean conflict, though various demilitarization and decontamination programs were initiated in the late 1950s. Munitions destroyed included M-47 Napalm-filled bombs and incendiary cluster bombs.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/mk77.htm

[Up2Late]

10. I know, I'm just making fun of the Orwellian "New Speak" they used...

...in that article. They used them on the "Highway of Death" too during the 1991 Gulf War.

Here is a link to a VERY GRAPHIC Picture, if you want to see what these things can do to a person.

Warning: VERY GRAPHIC PICTURE AT LINK BELOW!
<http://deoxy.org/wc/warcrime.htm>

[seriousstan]

11. Thanks, I have seen many pictures and even a vid or 2

of the "Highway of Death". I can't understand people who don't understand the atrocities of war. Everyone should acquaint themselves in order to make a more informed decision on a vastly important subject.

[beam me up scottie]

7. They admitted it.

and all I heard from the msm was the sound of crickets...

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0805-01.htm