So killing 300 children with white phosphorus bombs is NOT a barbarous terrorist or murderous action?
And exactly what does that have to do with this? even if the accusation of 300 children killed by WP is true?
I have the read the story and the connection to WP and the deaths of the children is spurious at best, the first paragraph;
http://www.almanar.com.lb/newssite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=69846&language=en
Israel Excessively Uses White Phosphorus Shells on Gaza
11/01/2009 On the sixteenth day of Israel’s war on Gaza, fighters jets, vessels and tanks continued to pound the Gaza strip overnight into Sunday.
More houses have been targeted, more civilians have fell martyrs and injured in this day’s excessive use of internationally prohibited white phosphorus shells.
Palestinian medics said at least four Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded early Sunday. Doctors said burn wounds were caused by banned white phosphorous shells, with Israel denying the charge. Exposure to white phosphorus may cause burns and irritation, liver, kidney, heart, lung, or bone damage, and death.
Indications that white phosphorous is being used in Gaza follow the sighting of thick white smoke in the sky above the Palestinian territory.
Israel had used white Phosphorus shell in its war on Lebanon in 2006. Under the Geneva Treaty of 1980, white phosphorous is banned as a weapon of war in civilian areas because of the severe injuries it causes.
At least 897 Palestinians, including some 300 children and 100 women, have been killed so far with another 4,000 people injured since the beginning of the war 16 days ago.
Nothing to connect the death to the use of WP in the story, just a statement of the number of deaths since the beginning of the incursion into Gaza.
Great use of hyperbole, and insinuation.
Phosphorus (white, or yellow) is known as a pyrophoric, meaning that it self ignites in atmosphere, especally at high humidity levels.
White phosphorus is readily oxidized and ignites when exposed to the atmosphere. For this reason, it is usually kept in water.
Now lets look at the construction of a M825A1, and guess what the injuries don't match the shells capabilities, as the pay load is 116 WP saturated felt wedges, so you don't have any powdered WP to coat or fragments, just smoke.
Description
The 155 mm M825A1 smoke WP is a separate-loading base-ejection smoke-producing projectile. It uses a body virtually identical to that of the 155 mm M483A1 DPICM. The projectile has a 155 mm M483A1 DPICM aluminium ogive section and expulsion charge, a forged-steel modified M483A1 body and a threaded steel ring and aluminium body base. Inside the body is a hermetically sealed canister containing 116 WP saturated felt wedges, each 190 mm thick and separated into four quadrants of 29 wedges each. A 63.5 mm diameter burster charge containing approximately 45 g of Composition B runs the entire length of the canister's centre cavity.In operation, the nose-mounted time fuze is set to function at a selected point during the projectile's trajectory. When the fuze functions, it ignites a 51 g expulsion charge of M10 propellant which creates sufficient internal pressure within the ogive to push off the body base and eject the canister. The expulsion charge also ignites a 100 ms pyrotechnic delay, enabling the canister to be fully ejected from the carrier body before the burster charge (21.2 g of Composition A5) ignites to break open the canister and release the WP-saturated felt wedges. The total weight of WP in the wedges is 5.78 kg. A launch-activated safe-and-arm module from an M739 Point-Detonating (PD) fuze separates the forward end of the main burster charge from the heat-sensitive pyrotechnic-delay element.In less than 45 seconds from the moment they meet the air, the separated felt wedges start to burn and produce
With the old style rounds, which ejected White Phosphorus as a payload did this, and yes the injuries would be consistent with that type of Round but the M110, M110A1 and M110A2 rounds were not the rounds found.
That is why we went to the new style round, to minimize injuries to personnel, theirs and ours.
Description
The 155 mm M110, M110A1 and M110A2 smoke White Phosphorus (WP) projectiles are separate-loading munitions. They use a hollow forged-steel shell with the same external configuration as that used on the 155 mm M107 HE projectile. The shape is ogival (6/12 calibre radius head, or crh), with a boat tail for aerodynamic efficiency and a welded-steel baseplate. Close to the base is a gilding-metal drive band protected by a grommet until just before loading. A threaded lifting plug closes the nose fuze cavity for handling and storage. The shell contains approximately 7.07 kg of WP, although other fillings have been used. A centrally located burster charge extends the length of the shell interior. On the 155 mm M110 smoke WP, the burster charge is the M6, containing 186 g of Tetrytol. On the 155 mm M110A1 and M110A2 smoke WP projectiles, the burster charge is the M54A1, containing 208 g of Composition B5. On the M110A1, the end of the burster tube is sealed with a plastic plug; on the M110A2, the sealing plug is aluminium. The 155 mm M110 smoke WP family is normally fitted with a nose-mounted Point-Detonating (PD) fuze. On impact, the fuze ignites the internal burster charge, which then ruptures the shell casing to release the WP filling. As it contacts the air, the WP ignites to produce thick clouds of white smoke. When stored, the 155 mm smoke WP series projectiles have to be kept on their bases to prevent migration of the WP,
