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UNITED STATES forces were accused of using the banned white phosphorus during coalition air strikes in the town of Hajin, Syria, on Saturday.
Multiple districts of Deir ez-Zor province were targeted in the weekend bombing raids, with a number of civilians reported killed and many more injured after a local bakery was destroyed in al-Soussa.
Local sources reported the use of white phosphorus, which is banned in areas populated by civilians under international law.
While politicians condemned fascist bombing of Spanish civilians in 1937, they ignored identical RAF tactics across the colonies. Today’s aerial warfare continues this pattern of applying different moral standards based on geography and race, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT