Earlier this month, multiple reports surfaced of US-led coalition forces in Mosul, Iraq and Raqqa, Syria, using the incendiary chemical weapon, white phosphorus, on civilians. For over a week, the US government and the coalition at large have remained silent on the issue — until now. In an error that will likely get him much backlash, in an
NZ General: US-Coalition Used White Phosphorus During Sieges Of Mosul, Raqqa
White phosphorus was banned internationally after the 1980 Protocol on Incendiary Weapons a means or method of warfare but is allowed to be used as a smokescreen.