US Media Hid UN Report Showing Israel Using Chemical Weapons Against Palestinians

Obama ignores Israel’s chemical weapons abuse while targeting Syrian government that may not be responsible for recent chemical attacks.

NEW YORK, NY – Few major mainstream American news outlets exposed the sordid details of a 2009 United Nations (UN) fact finding report that revealed how Israel’s military illegally aimed chemical missiles at a United Nations Relief & Work Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees in a 22-day invasion of the Gaza strip that began in 2008 called “Operation Cast Lead.”

As the U.S. and world media watch to learn if claims that President Barack Obama will execute a military strike against Syria, without a vote of Congress or the support of the UN, the same media outlets are burying information that suggests preparation for war could be premature. Little media attention is being paid to claims from a UN commission that Syrian rebels, not government soldiers under President Bashar al-Assad’s control, were responsible for recent chemical weapons attacks that killed over 300 Syrians.

“During our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes, we collect some witness testimony that has made to appear that some chemical weapons were used. In particular, nerve gas,” said Carla del Ponte, a member of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria.  ”What appears to our investigation is that this was used by the opposition, by the rebels. We have no indication at all that the Syria government have used chemical weapons.”
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White phosphorus is a material made from the chemical element phosphorus, and is used in smoke, tracer, illumination and incendiary munitions. As an incendiary weapon, white phosphorus burns fiercely and can ignite cloth, fuel, ammunition and other combustibles, as well as melt human skin.

This has been used in warfare since its discovery in the 19th century. The first factory-made white phosphorus grenades were developed by the British military in 1916, and have been used extensively since.

The US military used white phosphorus in World War I, World War II, Korea and Viet Nam.

In 1991, the Pentagon released a report, stating that “Iraqi forces loyal to President Saddam may have possibly used white phosphorus chemical weapons against Kurdish rebels and the populace in Erbil and Dohuk. The [white phosphorus] chemical was delivered by artillery rounds and helicopter gunships.”

The US government used this as a pretext for war.

In 2004, the US military used white phosphorus on the citizen uprising in Fellujah, during the second US/Iraq war. It has continued to use white phosphorus in Iraq and Afghanistan to “illuminate targets.”

Israel dropped white phosphorus on the Palestinians in Gaza in 2004.