No, Minister: white phosphorous may be “a legitimate obscurant” but it burns and maims children. That’s not “legitimate” – it’s a war crime. And when a NATO country does it, it’s a scandal. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anthony-loyd-burnt-boy-bears-the-scars-of-kurdish-betrayal-by-the-west-h5fdfv9hc) Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL10150): … Continue reading No, Minister: white phosphorous may be “a legitimate obscurant” but it burns and maims children. That’s not “legitimate” – it’s a war crime. And when a NATO country does it, it’s a scandal.