Posted on 03/03/2017 3:45:53 PM PST by BenLurkin
The victims' symptoms suggested exposure to a "blistering chemical agent", ICRC Middle East director Robert Mardini said. They included blisters, redness in the eyes, irritation, vomiting and coughing.
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It is not yet known who is to blame for the attack, but the mortars were apparently fired from west Mosul - which is still held by so-called Islamic State (IS).
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While the attack is the first recorded use of any chemical weapons in the battle for Mosul, there have been isolated incidents elsewhere in the fight against IS in Iraqi and Syrian territory.
In September last year [2016], the US military said IS militants fired a rocket containing a mustard agent at American troops at Qayyarah air base near Mosul. There were no casualties reported.
They are also suspected of being behind suspected chemical attacks on Kurdish forces in northern Iraq.
According to a report released last November by the UK-based IHS Conflict Monitor, IS is suspected of having used chemical weapons on at least 52 occasions since 2014, with a third of those in areas around Mosul.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Sounds like Mustar Gas was used.
Don’t breathe the stuff.
You’ll get blisters in your lungs, and downhill from there.
And probably from the ones not found in Iraq...
WMD? In Iraq?
Are they STILL saying Assad is the bad guy? Or are they going to investigate McCain and his buddies for war crimes?
(I already know the answer)
No, McCain, Graham and Rubio will never be called to account for their support of the jihadists.
It does seem like we now know where some of those WMD’s went, though
There were lots of chemical shells left over in that region from the Iraq/Iran war. EOD encountered them periodically, but they did not advertise it lest the enemy figure it out and use them more effectively.
Larry Elder Interviews Gen. Georges Sada About WMDs (3-31-2011) The Iraq WMDs went to Syria ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ9CgDEPlHE
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