Zarqawi tape accuses US of using chemical weapons in Iraq

[ECH1969]

A voice recording attributed to Al-Qaeda's Iraq frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and posted on the internet Sunday accused the US military of using chemical weapons in its assault on rebels in the northern town of Tal Afar.

"O nation of Islam, your enemies are using more destructive weapons including poison gas against the inhabitants of Tal Afar," the voice said.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari gave the go-ahead Friday for an all-out assault on Tal Afar by some 4,000 US and around 6,000 Iraqi troops after days of deadly clashes failed to dislodge insurgents from the town.

The Iraqi Red Crescent said up to 7,000 families had fled the US-backed offensive.

http://www.africasia.com/services/news/newsitem.php?area=mideast&item=050911173320.2s1mqp4d.php

[Judi Lynn]

1. Oh,it's ok:they aren't our own people.Bush would look right down on that.

He prefers to drown our own people, if they're poor, and have his attack-nimrods revile and mock the survivors.

[ECH1969]

2. I totally agree

[daleo]

3. The Pentagon claims to have killed 150 "insurgents" with 0 U.S. deaths

I suspect most of these were civilians. But, poison gas would be one way to kill a lot of an enemy in a guerrilla war without taking any casualties yourself. They said there were tunnels, so I don't doubt some supposedly "non-lethal" gas was used. And, who is really checking these fine distinctions about weaponry in Iraq right now?

With Bush, any horror seems possible.

[nguoihue]

6. statistics

Why is it that the numbers of "insurgents" killed always turn out to be round numbers? And rarely is there any mention of captured weapons.

Undoubtedly these are civilian deaths plus numbers pulled out of someones ass added on for good measure. It's pure bullshit. Same same 35 - 40 years ago when we "won all the battles".

[acmavm]

4. I remember articles where we had to admit to the British that we used

the new and improved version of napalm on the Iraqis during the Shock and Awe phase. I also read that they used it on Falluja. Why would they quit using it now?

[peacebuzzard]

5. depleted uranium warheads perhaps?

http://www.eoslifework.co.uk/u23.htm
http://www.iacenter.org/poison-dust.htm
http://www.uwec.edu/grossmzc/anderkel.html