Israel appears to be using WP as an "obscurant" (a chemical used to hide military operations).    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

Israel appears to be using WP as an "obscurant" (a chemical used to hide military operations), a permissible use in principle under international humanitarian law (the laws of war).    From Wordnik.com.  [AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09] Reference

Israel appeared to be using white phosphorus as an "obscurant" (a chemical used to hide military operations), a permissible use in principle under international humanitarian law (the laws of war).    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

As admitted by the authors of HRW's report, "international humanitarian law - the laws of war - does not ban white phosphorous munitions either as an 'obscurant' to hide military operations or as an incendiary weapon.".    From Wordnik.com.  [NGO Monitor Research] Reference

MCCHRYSTAL: I believe there could be a belief that any obscurant could assist them.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2003] Reference

Because WP is mainly an illuminating agent or obscurant THAT ALL ARMIES USE – including Iraq†™ s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Exclusive: Classified Pentagon Document Described White Phosphorus As ‘Chemical Weapon’] Reference

That makes their defense look partisan, and the partisan defense of an obscurant is not ethical scientific practice.    From Wordnik.com.  [more bender on Emanuel « Climate Audit] Reference

For all practical purposes, the prodigal sons fattened on an obscurant jihadi ideology have come home to feast on the innocent.    From Wordnik.com.  [War On Terror Drama: No End Is In Sight] Reference

The arguments of ‘new atheists’ might not be full of vague and obscurant gibberish but they no less ‘sophisticated’ for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lightweight Atheists Pummeling A Corpse] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The propellant used created an incredible obscurant in front of the helicopter and the pilots actually would lose visibility for a short period of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2002] Reference

Fals.ch is an online label whose website is purposefully obscurant, burying content deep in a maze of fragmented pages that make art out of your worst computer-error nightmares.    From Wordnik.com.  [Disquiet » Mini-CD Grab Bag] Reference

Dei verbum perurgemus, obscurant; Divos testamur interpretes, obsistunt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities] Reference

"Even if they are using it as an obscurant, they are using it in a very densely populated area," Garlasco said.    From Wordnik.com.  [AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)] Reference

White phosphorous may be legally used as an obscurant, not as a weapon, as it burns deeply and is extremely difficult to extinguish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

New York Times described white phosphorus as "an obscurant used in military conflicts that can be dangerous for civilians under certain circumstances.".    From Wordnik.com.  [FAIR Blog] Reference

I assume that stating my preference for an old California rather than a new one will lead some to think of me as a pie-in-the-sky traditionalist at best and an obscurant at worst.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Thinker] Reference

After noting the horrific injuries and number of deaths caused by its use in Gaza, the commission actually called for serious consideration to be given to banning white phosphorous as an obscurant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

However, Israel's use of WP as an obscurant in densely populated areas of Gaza violates the obligation to take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to the civilian population during military operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

Because WP is mainly an illuminating agent or obscurant THAT ALL ARMIES USE – including Iraq’s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Exclusive: Classified Pentagon Document Described White Phosphorus As ‘Chemical Weapon’] Reference

Bruce hayden: Your reflexive "rephrasing" isn't a whole lot better than the content of your original comment; only more obscurant.    From Wordnik.com.  ["I'm going back to my cottage to rape my wife."] Reference

That means Saddam has WMD then, as every army in the world stocks WP as an illuminating agent and obscurant – including Iraq’s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Exclusive: Classified Pentagon Document Described White Phosphorus As ‘Chemical Weapon’] Reference

So kudos for the thin, obscurant veil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Obama on Affirmative Action] Reference

Jestful idle cavemen are obscurant in jocosity.    From Wordnik.com.  [That's Puzzling!: Headline Anagrams, April 21st | Indecision Forever | Political Humor, 2010 Election, and Satire Blog | Comedy Central] Reference

The HRW report said: "Even if intended as an obscurant rather than as a weapon, the IDF's.    From Wordnik.com.  [AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)] Reference

Despite offering three highly elaborate examples to illustrate his point, the teacher's motives continued to appear obscurant - a.) he couldn't see the forest for the trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [infoplease - Daily Almanac] Reference

WP is not an illegal obscurant or weapon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

obscurant.    From Wordnik.com.  [infoplease - Daily Almanac] Reference

"It is purely an obscurant.    From Wordnik.com.  [AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)] Reference