Napalm has been used recently in wartime by or against : Iran ( 1980 â `` 88 ) , Israel ( 1967 , 1982 ) , Nigeria ( 1969 ) , Brazil ( 1972 ) , Egypt ( 1973 ) , Cyprus ( 1964 , 1974 ) , Argentina ( 1982 ) , Iraq ( 1980 â `` 88 , 1991 , 2003 â `` ? ) More recent uses include : by France during the First Indochina War ( 1946 â `` 1954 ) , the Algerian War ( 1954 â `` 1962 ) , the Portuguese Colonial War ( 1961 â `` 1974 ) and the Western Sahara War ( 1975 â `` 1991 ) , in Nigeria ( 1969 ) , India & Pakistan ( 1965 & 1971 ) , Turkey used napalm bombs to depopulate entire towns and villages which were converted to military bases in Cyprus ( 1964 , 1974 ) , by Morocco during the Western Sahara War ( 1975 â `` 1991 ) , Iran ( 1980 â `` 88 ) , Israel ( 1967 , 1982 ) , Brazil ( 1972 ) , Egypt ( 1973 ) , Iraq ( 1980 â `` 88 , 1991 , 2003 â `` present ) , 1993 Angola , by Argentina during the Falklands War .