Fwd: Re: Napalm

[Henk Vreekamp]

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>Date:         Wed, 6 Aug 2003 19:48:02 -0500
>Sender: General Journalism Discussion <SPJ-L at lists.psu.edu>
>Subject:      Re: Napalm
>
>on 3/22/03 11:56 PM, Kearney Bothwell at kearney at BOTHWELL.CX wrote:
>
> > Also, FYI, the US is not using Napalm in Iraq. In fact, the U.S.
> inventory of
> > napalm was destroyed years ago.
>
>Officials confirm dropping firebombs on Iraqi troops
><http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20030805-9999_1n5bomb.html>
>By James W. Crawley
>UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
>
>August 5, 2003
>
>[Excerpts]
>
>Marine Corps fighter pilots and commanders who have returned from the war
>zone have confirmed dropping dozens of incendiary bombs near bridges over
>the Saddam Canal and the Tigris River. The explosions created massive
>fireballs.
>
>"We napalmed both those (bridge) approaches," said Col. Randolph Alles in a
>recent interview. He commanded Marine Air Group 11, based at Miramar Marine
>Corps Air Station, during the war. "Unfortunately, there were people there
>because you could see them in the (cockpit) video.
>
>During the war, Pentagon spokesmen disputed reports that napalm was being
>used, saying the Pentagon's stockpile had been destroyed two years ago.
>
>Apparently the spokesmen were drawing a distinction between the terms
>"firebomb" and "napalm." If reporters had asked about firebombs, officials
>said yesterday they would have confirmed their use.
>
>What the Marines dropped, the spokesmen said yesterday, were "Mark 77
>firebombs." They acknowledged those are incendiary devices with a function
>"remarkably similar" to napalm weapons.
>
>Rather than using gasoline and benzene as the fuel, the firebombs use
>kerosene-based jet fuel, which has a smaller concentration of benzene.
>
>"You can call it something other than napalm, but it's napalm," said John
>Pike, defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, a nonpartisan research group
>in Alexandria, Va.
>
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