Pentagon admits using chemical weapons in Iraq

PENTAGON officials say white phosphorous was used as a weapon against insurgent strongholds during the battle of Fallujah last November, but deny reports that the chemical weapon was used against civilians.

Lt Col Barry Venable, a Pentagon spokesperson, said that while white phosphorous is most frequently used to mark targets or obscure a position, it was used at times in Fallujah as an incendiary weapon against enemy combatants.

“It was not used against civilians,” Mr Venable said.