Known as WP, use of the highly flammable chemical is accepted under international law in order to light up the battlefield and provide cover for ground troops.
But it is banned for use in densely populated areas or when directly targeted at infantry because it is highly toxic and can burn through skin and bone.
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, a network of citizen journalists which represents the primary source for information from inside the Isis-held city, said there were reports “that air strikes targeted Raqqa today (Sunday) with phosphorus” munitions……
On 13 November, witnesses in the opposition-controlled city of Idlib in north-western Syria told The Timesdozens of civilians had suffered “horrific injuries” following two attacks using WP.
Ahmed, an activist based in Idlib, told the newspaper: “We knew it was phosphorus because the entire sky lit up and when it settled it set everything on fire.”
This illustrates the reasoning behind false-flag terror attacks. They allow the military to conduct illegal forms of combat against civilians, because domestic opinion has been inflamed so much that it will tolerate and even applaud.
The false “war ON terror” enables the real “war OF terror.”