Know how US carried out chemical attacks on innocent people

New Delhi: The United States may be leading the group of nations demanding action against Syria for carrying out chemical attacks against innocent people, but its own history is sullied because of use of napalm and other deadly gas in the past.The US has a history of using chemical weapons against innocent people. Here is the list of ten chemical attacks US has been part of.1.US killed lakhs of Japanese civilians with napalm during 1944 –1945 Napalm is a sticky and highly flammable gel which has been used as a weapon of terror by the U.S. military. In 1980, the UN declared the use of napalm on swathes of civilian population a war crime. That's exactly what the U.S. military did in World War II, dropping enough napalm in one bombing raid on Tokyo toburn 100,000 people to death, injure a million more, and leave a million without homes in the single deadliest air raid of World War II.2. US dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan in 1945 It seems odd that the only regime to ever use one of these weapons of mass destruction on other human beings has busied itself with the pretense of keeping the world safe from dangerous weapons in the hands of dangerous governments. The US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 killing millions of people in Japan.3. US tested chemicals on residents of poor, black St. Louis neighbourhood during 50s In the early 1950s, the US Army set up motorized blowers on top of residential high-rises in low-income, mostly black St. Louisneighborhoods, including areas where as much as 70% of the residents were children under 12. The government told residents that it wasexperimenting with a smokescreen to protect the city from Russian attacks, but it was actually pumping the air full of hundreds of pounds of finely powdered zinc cadmium sulfide.4. US used napalm, dumped 20 m gallons chemicals on Vietnam during 1962-1971 The picture of a young naked Vietnamese boy screaming with his back on fire due to napalm is now part of historic folklore. As a result of the decade-long chemical attack, 400,000 people were killed or maimed, 500,000 babies have been born with birth defects, and 2 million have suffered from cancer or other illnesses.5. CIA helped Saddam massacre Iranians, Kurds with chemical weapons in 1988CIA records now prove that Washington knew Saddam Hussein was using chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq War, yet continued to pour intelligence into the hands of the Iraqi military, informing Saddam Hussein of Iranian troop movements while knowing that he would be using the information to launch chemical attacks.6. FBI attacked innocent people with tear gas in Waco in 1993 At the infamous Waco siege of a peaceful community of Seventh Day Adventists, the FBI pumped tear gas into buildings knowing that women, children, and babies were inside. The tear gas was highly flammable and ignited, engulfing the buildings in flames, killing 49 men and women, and 27 children, including babies and toddlers. 7. US army littered Iraq with toxic depleted uranium in 2003 In Iraq, the U.S. military has littered the environment with thousands of tons of munitions made from depleted uranium, a toxic and radioactive nuclear waste product. As a result, more than half of babies born in Fallujah from 2007 – 2010 were born with birth defects. Some of these defects have never been seen before outside of textbooks with photos of babies born near nuclear tests in the Pacific.8. US attacked Iraqi civilians with white phosphorus in 2004 In 2004, journalists embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq began reporting the use of white phosphorus in Fallujah against Iraqi insurgents. First the military lied and said that it was only using white phosphorus to create smokescreens or illuminate targets. Then it admitted to using the volatile chemical as an incendiary weapon.9. Israel attacked Palestinians with white phosphorus in 2008 – 2009 White phosphorus is a horrific incendiary chemical weapon that melts human flesh right down to the bone. In 2009, multiple human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and International Red Cross reported that the US-backed Israeli government was attacking civilians in their own country with chemical weapons. The Israeli military denied the allegations at first, but eventually admitted they were true. 10. US police fired tear gas at Occupy protesters in 2011 The savage violence of the police against Occupy protesters in 2011 was well documented, and included the use of tear gas and other chemical irritants. Tear gas is prohibited for use against enemy soldiers in battle by the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Know how US carried out chemical attacks on innocent people

New Delhi: The United States may be leading the group of nations demanding action against Syria for carrying out chemical attacks against innocent people, but its own history is sullied because of use of napalm

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