Nooooo, Not Napalm ....

Lord, I hope hope, hope, hope we did not do this!

"If it is proven that US forces deployed napalm on the citizens of Fallujah it will send shockwaves through the international community.

Claims of napalm have been heightened by eyewitness accounts of the Fallujah attack. Abu Sabah told the news agency IPS: 'They used these weird bombs that put up smoke like a mushroom cloud. Then small pieces fall from the air with long tails of smoke behind them.'

Reports of 'melted' dead bodies are emerging from Fallujah, prompting Labour MP Alice Mahon to demand a Commons statement from Tony Blair clarifying the position regarding napalm and unconventional weapons.

Fallujah resident Abu Hammad is quoted as saying: 'Poisonous gases have been used.' He described how the bombs exploded into fires that burnt the skin, similar to that caused by napalm.

The Independent on Sunday quoted an American commander, Colonel James Alles of Marine Air Group 11, admitting the use of napalm in Iraq.

He said: 'We napalmed both those [bridge] approaches. Unfortunately there were people there ... you could see them in the [cockpit] video. They were Iraqi soldiers. It's no great way to die. The generals love napalm. It has a big psychological effect.'"