Article: U.S. ADMIT USING 'SON OF NAPALM' ON IRAQIS; The generals love it, says Colonel.(News)

Byline: BOB GRAHAM in Baghdad

AMERICAN jets killed Iraqi troops with a controversial napalm-type weapon during the war in Iraq, the Pentagon has admitted.

Mark 77 firebombs were dropped on Iraq on at least two occasions during the recent conflict.

A senior Pentagon colonel confirmed the bombs have "similar destructive characteristics" to napalm - the use of which ...

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