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White phosphorus (WP) is a flare- and smoke-producing incendiary device or smoke-screening agent that is made from a common allotrope of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus bombs and shells are incendiary weapons, but can also be used as offensive anti-personnel flame compounds capable of causing serious burns or death. The agent is used in bombs, artillery, and mortars, short-range missiles which burst into burning flakes of phosphorus upon impact. White phosphorus is commonly referred to in military jargon as "WP". The slang term "Willy(ie) Pete" or "Willy(ie) Peter", dating from World War I and common at least through the Vietnam War, is still occasionally heard.

The Merkava is the main battle tank of the Israel Defense Forces. Since the early 1980s, four main versions have been deployed. The "Merkava" name was derived from the IDF's development program name

Barack Obama Background Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii Age: 47 Religion: United Church of Christ Education: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1991, Columbia University, B.A., 1983 Candidate Website : www.barackobama.com Candidacy Status: Formally declared candidacy Feb. 10, 2007, Elected president Nov. 4, 2008. Political Experience: U.S. Senator from Illinois, 2005-present Illinois State Senator, 1997-2004 Professional Experience: Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, 1993-2004, Attorney, Miner Barnhill & Galland, 1993-2004 Family Information: Spouse: Michelle Obama, Children: Malia Ann Obama, Sasha Obama Time Says: "It is not clear that the economy's bottomed out," he begins, understatedly. (The morning newspaper trumpets the worst unemployment spike in more than 30 years.) "And so even if we take a whole host of the right steps in terms of the economy, two years from now it may not have fully recovered." That worries him. Also Afghanistan: "We're going ...

Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air-dropped or ground-launched munitions that eject smaller submunitions: a cluster of bomblets. The most common types are intended to kill enemy personnel and destroy vehicles. Submunition based weapons designed to destroy runways , electric power transmission lines, deliver chemical or biological weapons, or to scatter land mines have also been produced. Some submunition based weapons can disperse non-munition payloads, such as leaflets. Because cluster bombs release many small bomblets over a wide area, unexploded bomblets can kill or maim civilians long after a conflict has ended. Unexploded submunitions are very costly to locate and remove. Cluster bombs are prohibited under the Convention on Cluster Munitions , which was adopted in Dublin in May 2008 and signed by 94 nations on 3-4 December 2008 in Oslo. The general rules of international humanitarian law aimed at protecting civilians also apply to cluster bombs as they do to all we...