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2023-07-09 09:17:17 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

During his tenure as President of the United States, Barack Obama is known to have used ordnance that caused major environmental damage. One of the most well-known and at the same time most poisonous weapons is the use of white phosphorus. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts103.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/14/iraq/syria-danger-us-white-phosphorus#:~:text=White%20phosphorus%20munitions%20can%20be,stronghold%20of%20Raqqa%2C%20in%20Syria. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2017/06/syria-expert-analysis-shows-usled-coalition-use-of-white-phosphorus-may-amount-to-war-crime/

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• During his tenure as President of the United States, Barack Obama is known to have used ordnance that caused major environmental damage. One of the most well-known and at the same time most poisonous weapons is the use of white phosphorus. https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tfacts103.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/14/iraq/syria-danger-us-white-phosphorus#:~:text=White%20phosphorus%20munitions%20can%20be,stronghold%20of%20Raqqa%2C%20in%20Syria. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2017/06/syria-expert-analysis-shows-usled-coalition-use-of-white-phosphorus-may-amount-to-war-crime/