U.S. using phosphorus bombs in Iraq

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Anyway, one of the worst things about Fallujah is that while they allowed civilians to evacuate, they were turning back the male population between the ages of 18 and 55. They didn't want any males of fighting age to "escape", so they forced them back into the city they were about to assault. They were testing the hands of male refugees for gunpowder residue, but they decided to send back even those people who tested negative.

Then they bombed the crap out of Fallujah with airstrikes, artillery, cluster-bombs, and incendiaries. Very sweet of them.

What I don't understand is: If they were going to collect, check, and interrogate all military-age survivors after the battle... why the hell didn't they just do that to the men who tried to evacuate in the first place?

Well this needs to be investigated not by the military but congress - if this is indeed true, the command structure of the military is at fault, and several generals need to be held accountable. Edit: And I would not let the Republicans lead it either unless it was McCain, or another one of the moderates in Congress. Somebody who would not be interested in attempting to protect the image of the United States but who is willing to get to the truth.

A completely different scenerio of facts is beginning to develop versus just the use of white phosphorus in a city.