Israel WMD use in Gaza alarms NAM
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:41:01 GMT
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The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has condemned the use of "chemical weapons" by
Israel in its recent operations against the Gaza Strip.
The NAM condemnation came after Tel Aviv was charged with the use of the
controversial white phosphorous -- also known by the military as WP or Willie
Pete -- shells during its recent three-week-war on the Gaza Strip.
White phosphorus, classified as a chemical weapon by US intelligence, is used
in munitions, to mark enemy targets and to produce smoke for concealing troop
movement. It can also be used as an incendiary device to firebomb enemy
positions.
If particles of ignited white phosphorus land on a person's skin, they burn
right through flesh to the bone. Toxic phosphoric acid can also be released
into wounds, risking phosphorus poisoning.
Exposure to white phosphorus smoke in the air can also cause liver, kidney,
heart, lung and bone damage and can even lead to death.
In a statement issued on Thursday at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva,
the 114-member group called on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons (OPCW) "to do its duty in this regard" and to help the Gazan victims of
the Israeli aggression.
Addressing the conference, Geneva-based Iranian diplomat Ali-Reza Moayyeri
urged the global community and the OPCW to launch an investigation into the use
of illegal weapons by Israel in Gaza.
He further called on international organizations to step up pressure on Israel
to halt its "weapons of mass destruction program".
International organizations and human rights groups continue to voice concern
over Tel Aviv's use of forbidden arms, such as depleted uranium and white
phosphorus, in the war on Gaza which has resulted in the deaths of at least
1,330 Palestinians and the injury of thousands of others.
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