From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:454479d8{at}w3.nls.net...
> There is another possible explanation, assuming for sake of argument that
> these reports of isotopes and their measurement are anywhere near
> accurate. That explanation could be that Hezbollah had radioactive
> material supplied by Iran or Syria or both that they were housing at those
> munitions locations for use in dirty bomb attacks upon Israel.
>
>
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061028-070202-1911r
KHIAM, Lebanon, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Israel has reportedly confirmed dropping
uranium-enriched phosphorous bombs on Lebanon during its war with
Hezbollah, the Independent reported Saturday.

Israel made the acknowledgement after the European Committee on Radiation
Risk and a laboratory used by the British Defense Ministry found soil
samples at bomb craters in the southern Lebanese towns of Khiam and
At-Tiri, near Nabatiye, showed "elevated radiation signatures,"
the British newspaper reported.

Israel first denied the European Committee and laboratory findings. When it
later acknowledged them, Minister Jacob Edery said Israel "keeps to
the rules of international norms."

But much international law does not cover modern uranium weapons because
they were not invented when humanitarian rules such as the Geneva
Conventions were drawn up, the Independent said. Neither Israel nor the
United States have signed onto the third protocol of the Geneva
Conventions, which restricts the use of phosphorous weapons, the newspaper
noted.

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