igible -- they are the same as from a "small" A-bomb like the one that comprises the core of the neutron bomb.

Bodies burnt to the bone but buildings and infrastructure intact sounds more like the result of white phosphorus, a horrible incendiary which the U.S. military has admitted using in Iraq. Maybe napalm too.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:06:30PM -0700, Dick Eastman wrote: http://www.lonestaricon.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=1294&z=123

U.S. Detonated Neutron Bombs: Iraqi Commander

Monday, April 16, 2007

BAGHDAD - A former commander of Iraq's Republican Guard accused the U.S. military of detonating neutron bombs over Iraqi airspace.

Saifeddin Fulayh Hassan Taha al-Rawi made his comments via video broadcasted by the Al-Jazeera news channel a week after the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.

"The enemy used neutron and phosphorus weapons against Baghdad airport... there were bodies burnt to their bones," he said. "The bombs annihilated soldiers but left the buildings and infrastructure at the airport intact."

In all, about 2,000 Iraqi troops "fought until they were martyred" before the airport was finally captured on April 9, 2003, said al-Rawi.

According to experts, a neutron bomb is a thermonuclear weapon. While its blast is negligible, it still releases large amounts of radiation that destroys human tissue.

Rumors of such a blast have been circulating for years.

This is perhaps the first instance of a high-ranking Iraqi soldier commenting on this issue.

The Pentagon placed al-Rawi as number 14 on its most wanted list. In addition, the U.S. military has put out a $1 million bounty on his head.

A few days prior to al-Rawi's statement, The Iconoclast published an interview with Captain Eric H. May, commander of Ghost Troop, entitled "Battle of Baghdad Cover-up - Four Years Later," in which Capt. May said, "The truth is that the battle started April 5, the night that Baghdad Bob said that they had counterattacked us at the Baghdad Airport and there was a sustained fight that went on for several hours. The best evidence that I have from international sources, scientific sources, is that our position was becoming untenable at the Baghdad Airport and we used a neutron warhead, at least one. That is the big secret of Baghdad Airport."

May, a former intelligence and public affairs officer in the military, said, "The biggest story of the war became a non-event when the truth of the matter was that it was simply too bloody an event to report." May says that the cover-up played a part in persuading the American public to forfeit "thinking for themselves" when it came to this war.

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