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US 'uses incendiary arms' against civilians in Iraq

Italian state TV, Rai, has broadcast a documentary accusing the US military of using of phosphorus bombs against civilians in the Iraqi city of Falluja.

In the film, eyewitnesses and ex-US soldiers who served in Iraq said white phosphorus bombs were used in built-up areas in the insurgent-held city. Rai says this amounts to the illegal use of chemical arms, though such bombs are considered incendiary devices.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4417024.stm