Did the US use weapons of mass destruction in Fallujah? posted by Richard Seymour

According to Dr Khalid ash Shaykhli , an Iraqi health ministry official assigned to head a medical team investigating the situation in Fallujah, the US used mustard gas, nerve agents and other burning substances in its assault on that city, all banned by international convention. On top of that Guiliana Sgrena , the journalist shot by US troops, has already produced photographic evidence of the use of cluster bombs.

The use of cluster bombs in civilian areas is illegal , according to the UK government . The point about cluster bombs is that they disperse about 670 bomblets about the size of tennis balls, themselves dispersing into about 200,000 sharp needles which can enter the body and move inside organs for days, causing immense pain, if the victim does not die.

Fallujah has largely been forgotten by the Western media, despite the fact that the offensive continues. No wonder that, according to Dahr Jamail , "Fallujah has come to symbolise Iraq under occupation". (See Tariq Ali's interview with Socialist Worker as well).

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