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US probes 'IS chemical shell attack' on American troops in Iraq
BBC News ^ | Sept. 21, 2016 | BBC News

Posted on 09/21/2016 4:45:01 PM PDT by Innovative

Islamic State militants may have fired a chemical rocket at American troops based in Iraq, the US military says.

A rocket that landed within several hundred yards of US troops at Qayara air base near Mosul may have contained mustard agent, it said.

No one was hurt in the attack on the base, which is home to several hundred US soldiers.

If confirmed, it would be the first chemical weapons attack on coalition forces in Iraq.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chemicalattack; iraq; isis; terrorism
More and more news is coming in about this.

ISIS needs to be obliterated.

1 posted on 09/21/2016 4:45:01 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Earlier threads on FR about this:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3471991/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3471996/posts


2 posted on 09/21/2016 4:46:47 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

How did those WMDs get shipped into Iraq?


3 posted on 09/21/2016 4:47:29 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: Innovative
ISIS needs to be obliterated.

Won't happen with one of their own occupying the White House. I wish Putin would go after them with full force. None of this targeted $hit. Yes, I completely understand the ramifications of such an attack.

4 posted on 09/21/2016 4:50:50 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Innovative

sorry, troops, muslim in the WH


5 posted on 09/21/2016 4:51:43 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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To: Innovative

You helped create these monsters Obama and Hellery. Own them you two crackpots.


6 posted on 09/21/2016 4:56:25 PM PDT by Lent
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To: Innovative

... as opposed to the USAF launching four air strikes on Syrian troops last week, killing sixty, despite a friendly fire notification after the first attack.


7 posted on 09/21/2016 5:00:55 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (Globalism = Terrorism)
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Don’t worry, Obama is going to draw a red line in the sand to put an end to this.


8 posted on 09/21/2016 5:01:04 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Lent

Give them 48 hr notice to relocate women and children then release all hell like they’ve never seen.


9 posted on 09/21/2016 5:01:06 PM PDT by wardamneagle (C)
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To: neodad

By return post from the Bekaa Valley...


10 posted on 09/21/2016 5:20:28 PM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: Innovative

Well, this would mean war if we didn’t have a neutered little shemale in the oval office.


11 posted on 09/21/2016 5:40:48 PM PDT by Bullish (Elect a Traitor... Get more Treason.)
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Exactly. And this is why testing will confirm nothing happened. Wouldn’t want to put any pressure on Obozo to actually allow our men to fight.


12 posted on 09/21/2016 5:49:04 PM PDT by phoneman08
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To: Innovative
Dont worry.

NO WEAPONS OF

MASS DESTRUCTION

in Iraq!!


13 posted on 09/21/2016 5:58:01 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: neodad
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html?_r=1

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html?_r=1

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/10/17/dragon-egg-marines-who-guarded-saddam-mysterious-bunker-fear-weapons-unleashed/

I say they never left. And that of course, means, Yes, they were there all along.

14 posted on 09/21/2016 6:04:34 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Delta 21
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/duelfer-report-on-chemical-weapons-in-iraq.html
15 posted on 09/21/2016 6:05:52 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Innovative

But military expert for CNN Barbara Starr says it was a “shell”, or a “rocket” or a “rocket shell”.

As I mentioned elsewhere, my son, fighting in Iraq in 2003 got rocketed.

There is a difference between a rocket and a shell, but don’t tell it to CNN’s experts. They might consider this a microaggression against their stupidity.


16 posted on 09/21/2016 6:11:17 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: wardamneagle

give them 48 hrs....start bombing after 24. Never give a warning. Play dirty.


17 posted on 09/21/2016 6:15:25 PM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: Innovative

ping


18 posted on 09/21/2016 6:21:04 PM PDT by milford421
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To: Innovative

Oh geez. It’s not like it hurt anybody.

Love,
Hillary


19 posted on 09/21/2016 8:38:50 PM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: neodad

Exactly!


20 posted on 09/21/2016 8:39:28 PM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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