white phosphorous bombs on derry's or province the pentagon has denied the allegation artie's jacqueline volga earlier discussed the issue with my colleague you know neal. don't you want further details did the russian military give them this well according to them on saturday to a u.s. led coalition jets bombed the town enduros or province in eastern syria with white phosphorus munitions and that's of course an incendiary munition and according to the statement massive fires were seen in the area afterwards at this point it's unclear whether there were any casualties resulting from the bombing or the resulting fires but we have asked central command for comment on the situation but we've yet to get an answer from just give us some more detail if you will on white phosphorus weapons what makes them so dangerous that it will the use of white phosphorus in civilian air areas is banned under international law because the weapon is so devastating it's an incendiary munition and it burns until it's deprived of oxygen so when it comes in contact with people it can cause second and third degree chemi