U.S. Admited Using White Phosphorous as an Offensive Weapon in 2005

People are rightly outraged that the U.S. appears to be using white phosphorous as an offensive weapon in Afghanistan.

But this is nothing new.

The U.S. admitted using white phosphorous as an offensive weapon in Iraq in 2005.

As I wrote at the time:

The Battle Book, published by the U.S. Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, contains the following sentence:

"It is against the law of land warfare to employ WP against personnel targets."

Indeed, it is interesting to note that the U.S. previously called white phosphorous a chemical weapon when Saddam used it against the Kurds.