REPORT: WHITE PHOSPHORUS

ENDNOTES

1."Toxicological Profile for White Phosphorus", prepared by Sciences International, Inc. for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1997.

2.Global Security. Web.

3.Ibid.

4.Contrary to an analysis of the projectile's behaviour and performance based on its design and intended military purposes, this Effect-Based Analysis (EBA) focuses on the actual overall effects of the M825 WP projectile when deployed in specific contexts.

5.Human Rights Watch, "Rain of Fire" report (2009).
New Weapons Research Group "Potential Health Risks For The Population Attacked With White Phosphorus Ammunitions In Gaza - Ammunitions In Use, On The Ground, January 2009" (2010)

6.Headquarters, Department of the [U.S.] Army. "Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Manual Cannon Gunnery" (FM 6-40 MCWP 3-1.6.19), April 1996.
Headquarters, Department of the [U.S.] Army. "Technical Manual, Army Ammunition Data Sheets" (TM 43-0001-28), April 1994 (Change 11: October 2003). P. 3-165.

7.Human Rights Watch, "Rain of Fire" report (2009)
Amnesty international "Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza civilian areas" (Press release, 19 January 2009)

8.Also in use in military arsenals is the M825A1, a more recent version of the M825 projectile, containing "an improved payload and a new base which have corrected the M825 flight instability." (ARMY TM-9-1025-211-10). The analysis conducted in this report applies to both models.

9.Headquarters, Department of the [U.S.] Army. "Technical Manual, Army Ammunition Data Sheets" (TM 43-0001-28), April 1994 (Change 11: October 2003). P. 3-165.

10.Headquarters, Department of the [U.S.] Army, ibid.

11.Department of the Army, Pamphlet 385-63 - Safety / Range Safety. Chapter 11.

12.Human Rights Watch, "Rain of Fire" report. p.3.

13.Headquarters, Department of the [U.S.] Army. "Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Manual Cannon Gunnery" (FM 6-40 MCWP 3-1.6.19), April 1996.

14.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007 Census Final Results in Gaza Strip - Summary (Population and Housing). Ramallah - Palestine, 2012. 90.

15.Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Summarized File of Localities - Census 2008. Israel, 2010.

16.U.S. Census Bureau; Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010, 2010 Census Summary File 1; generated by Charles-Antoine Perrault; using American FactFinder; http://factfinder2.census.gov; (September 2012).

17.France. INSEE. Recensement De La Population, Populations Légales En Vigueur à Compter Du 1er Janvier 2012, Arrondissements - Cantons - Communes, 75 - PARIS. N.p.: n.p., 2011. Web. Sept. 2012. 75 - 2.

18.M. Tait, M. Khalili, J. Powell "Phosphorus Shells Hit Gaza UN School". The Guardian, 22 January 2009. Web.

19.Miller, Miles C., and Daniel D. Joseph. Proceedings of the Workshop on Problems of Rotating Liquids Held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 22-23 April 1991. Ft. Belvoir: Defense Technical Information Center, 1991. 259. Web.

20."C-F-206G, Federal Specification: Felt Sheet: Cloth, Felt, Wool, Pressed (20 Jun 1989) [Superseding MIL-F-5656A]."

21."How Visual Basic Generates Pseudo-Random Numbers for the RND Function." Microsoft. Web.