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July 28th,
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Doctors Suspect Chemical Weapons From Reuters July 28, 2006 Lebanon is investigating
reports from doctors that Israel has used weapons in its bombardment of
southern Lebanon that have caused wounds they have never seen before. "We are sending off
samples tomorrow, but we have no confirmation yet that illegal weapons have
been used," Health Minister Mohammed Khalife said. The Israeli army said
it had used only conventional weapons and ammunition. The Lebanese killed by
Israeli air raids are charred in a way local doctors, who have lived through
years of civil war and Israeli occupation, say they have not seen before. Bachir Cham, a
Belgian-Lebanese doctor at the Southern Medical Centre in Sidon, received
eight bodies after an Israeli air raid that he said exhibited such wounds. He
has taken samples from the bodies to test for what killed them. He believes
it is a chemical. Dr Cham said the bodies of
some victims were "black as shoes, so they are definitely using chemical
weapons. They are all black but their hair and skin is intact so they are not
really burnt … If you burnt someone with petrol, their hair would burn and
their skin would burn down to the bone. The Israelis are 100 per cent using
chemical weapons." Lebanese President Emile
Lahoud has repeatedly accused Israel of using phosphorous bombs in its offensive. Human Rights Watch, which
has accused Israel of using cluster bombs in populated areas of southern
Lebanon, said it had not verified claims that Israel had used phosphorus.
"We are seeing abnormal burns, different from wars we've seen in the
past," it said. External link: http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/doctors-suspect-chemical-weapons/2006/07/27/1153816320620.html |