[in accord w/ law] " US Troops Use White Phosphorus in Iraq to Obscure Kurdish Forces"

"Coalition forces use these rounds with caution and always in accordance with the Law of Armed Conflict," Colonel Joseph Scrocca, public affairs director for the US-led coalition, told the newspaper in an emailed statement on Wednesday.
"When M825A1 rounds are employed, they are done so in areas free of civilians and never against enemy forces," he said, adding that the shells are being used for "screening and signaling" only..."

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