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Re: [A-List] NEUTRON WARHEAD used in 2003 at Baghdad Airport say Iraqi commander & American source



Wired adds to/debugs the story:
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/04/iraq_mystery_we.html


On 4/19/07, tony black <tal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=1294&z=123 > > U.S. DETONATED NEUTRON BOMBS: IRAQI COMMANDER > > Monday, April 16, 2007 > > > BAGHDAD - A former commander of Iraq's Republican Guard > accused the U.S. military of detonating neutron bombs over > Iraqi airspace. > > Saifeddin Fulayh Hassan Taha al-Rawi made his comments via > video broadcasted by the Al-Jazeera news channel a week > after the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. > > "The enemy used neutron and phosphorus weapons against > Baghdad airport... there were bodies burnt to their bones," > he said. "The bombs annihilated soldiers but left the > buildings and infrastructure at the airport intact." > > In all, about 2,000 Iraqi troops "fought until they were > martyred" before the airport was finally captured on April > 9, 2003, said al-Rawi. > > According to experts, a neutron bomb is a thermonuclear > weapon. While its blast is negligible, it still releases > large amounts of radiation that destroys human tissue. > > Rumors of such a blast have been circulating for years. > > This is perhaps the first instance of a high-ranking Iraqi > soldier commenting on this issue. > > The Pentagon placed al-Rawi as number 14 on its most wanted > list. In addition, the U.S. military has put out a $1 > million bounty on his head. > > A few days prior to al-Rawi's statement, The Iconoclast > published an interview with Captain Eric H. May, commander > of Ghost Troop, entitled "Battle of Baghdad Cover-up - Four > Years Later," in which Capt. May said, "The truth is that > the battle started April 5, the night that Baghdad Bob said > that they had counterattacked us at the Baghdad Airport and > there was a sustained fight that went on for several hours. > The best evidence that I have from international sources, > scientific sources, is that our position was becoming > untenable at the Baghdad Airport and we used a neutron > warhead, at least one. That is the big secret of Baghdad > Airport." > > May, a former intelligence and public affairs officer in the > military, said, "The biggest story of the war became a > non-event when the truth of the matter was that it was > simply too bloody an event to report." May says that the > cover-up played a part in persuading the American public to > forfeit "thinking for themselves" when it came to this war. > > http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=1294&z=123 > > - ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > > > - -- > ** FULL-SPECTRUM DOMINANCE! **************************************** > * BOYCOTT BOURGEOIS * Get your news & analysis * > * MASS-MEDIA: * from the Best on the Web * > **** Critical endorsement only **** Most sites need donations **** > * http://www.venezuelanalysis.com Venezuelanalysis.com * > * http://electronicintifada.net Electronic Intifada * > * http://www.motherjones.com Mother Jones magazine * > * http://www.utne.com Utne Reader * > * http://www.bilderberg.org Bilderberg Watch * > ************ Weak governments take strong measures *************** > GPG fingerprint = 2E7F 2D69 4B0B C8D5 07E3 09C3 5E8D C4B4 461B B771 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGJxePXo3EtEYbt3ERArkoAKDCTZXE0e90tjNb3Ut9Qhebm5jpeACg1DY7 > SDpo0hOdp9NIkpPHOc57H5E= > =nHCK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >







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