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2023-10-12 00:57:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C0DA0E1225995F1773D4CDF8D1BD8BB52A242F9478D0896DFDF73F8ED431A17A
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White phosphorous is not 'banned' under international law. It is tightly controlled under in Article 1 of Protocol III of the 'Convention on certain conventional weapons'. It is not banned under the chemical weapons convention and is also a common smoke screen ingredient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_Weapons_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons
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