Us Admits Phoshorus Shake and Bake Attacks

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THE United States was facing fresh embarrassment today when it admitted its troops had burned Iraqis alive in so-called "shake and bake" phosphorus attacks.

As Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned new allegations of abuse of prisoners in Iraq, the Pentagon revealed that its forces had used white phosphorus in the assault on Fallujah last year.

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Us Admits Phoshorus Shake and Bake Attacks

Previously the US ambassador to Britain, Robert Tuttle, had denied using the chemical for anything o...

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