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Love and Napalm: Export U.S.A.
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Thu, 7 Aug 2003 06:54:55 GMT
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Report: Marines dropped devices similar to Napalm on Iraqi troops
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/6465972.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
SAN DIEGO - Marine Corps fighter pilots and commanders say they dropped
firebombs similar to napalm on Iraqi troops earlier this year, according to a
report published Tuesday.
The Marines say that in March, U.S. warplanes dropped dozens of incendiary bombs
near bridges over the Saddam Canal and the Tigris River in central Iraq to clear
the way for troops headed to Baghdad.
“We napalmed both those (bridge) approaches,” said Col. Randolph Alles,
commander of Marine Air Group 11, told the San Diego Union-Tribune.
“Unfortunately, there were people there because you could see them in the
(cockpit) video.
“They were Iraqi soldiers there. It’s no great way to die,” Alles added.
He could not provide estimates of Iraqi casualties.
“The generals love napalm,” said Alles. “It has a big psychological effect.”
-- Hop-Frog
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