Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

IS Militants Kill 300 Iraqi Soldiers with Chlorine Gas
BasNews, Erbil ^ | Shwan Barzinji

Posted on 09/22/2014 8:20:22 AM PDT by GonzoII


IS has used chlorine gas against Iraqi soldiers

IS Militants Kill 300 Iraqi Soldiers with Chlorine Gas

22.09.2014

Shwan Barzinji
BasNews, Erbil

Iraqi Member of Parliament Ali al-Bredi has claimed that Islamic State (IS) militants are using Chlorine gas against Iraqi soldiers in Fallujah.

In a press conference on Monday, al-Bredi revealed that IS have killed 300 Iraqi soldiers with chlorine gas.

He said that the militants deployed the gas in the Siqiliya area located of northern Fallujah, a city in Anbar province, about 70 km from the capital of Iraq, Baghdad.

“Responsibility for this lies with Iraqi PM Haidar Abadi and the commander of the forces in Anbar as they failed to rescue the  soldiers,” said al-Bredi.

Expanding on the circumstances surrounding the attack, al-Bredi said, “After the insurgents surrounded the Iraqi soldiers, they used chlorine gas to suffocate them before detonating a car bomb, resulting in the death of 300 out of 400 soldiers.”

Al-Bredi also said that before the crime was committed, the soldiers asked for an urgent rescue mission, but were ignored.

Furthermore, on Sunday, US Secretary of State John Kerry also reiterated US concern over the use of chlorine gas against civilians in Syria and warned President Bashar al-Assad’s regime that it would be held to account.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bcw; chemicalweapons; chlorine; chlorinegas; foreignpolicy; gas; iraq; is; isil; isis; islam; islamicstate; jihad; kerry; syria; wmd
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-86 next last
To: C210N; GonzoII

The “Red Line” crossed over again and the paper tiger using words of “accountability” again, sorry LOL!!!


41 posted on 09/22/2014 9:14:33 AM PDT by danamco (-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver

The account I read last week (which was admittedly short on details) was that ISIS was attempting to fill a shell with chlorine gas when it detonated. My interpretation was that the shell was an empty gas shell.

There were numerous reports immediately after the 2003 invasion of stockpiles of deteriorating chemical weapons being discovered throughout Iraq. A lot of effort was expended during 2004-2011 in locating and destroying these weapons. I suspect there might be stocks of empty gas shells that were either missed or exempted from destruction for reasons of practicality (too many of them).

Another reason to think this was a release of bottled gas is that there is no mention of other shelling. If, as you seem to suggest, ISIS can deliver gas by artillery (which requires specialized equipment, crews, and training), why wouldn’t they just pound the Iraqi Army positions with conventional artillery fire?


42 posted on 09/22/2014 9:18:44 AM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: GonzoII

If I could have contacted them they would have been saved...Naaaahhh


43 posted on 09/22/2014 9:19:45 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: Hootowl99

Chlorine gas cylinders in municipal water use are in the process of going the way of the dinosaurs because they are extremely hazardous.

They are being replaced by liquid chlorine generators either using calcium chloride tablets (water soluble solution ) sodium hypochlorite ( rock salt and electricity). The resulting chlorine product is so weak that it won’t even bleach your clothes.


44 posted on 09/22/2014 9:27:18 AM PDT by shotgun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: DaveA37
Give them a few hours warning and then nuke the whole damn place.

Warning?

Why?

45 posted on 09/22/2014 9:33:43 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: vladimir998; RushIsMyTeddyBear; GeronL; rktman; skinkinthegrass; onedoug; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

ISIS now into chemical warfare — I wonder how they justify it as being “7th Century?” (sarc)


46 posted on 09/22/2014 9:38:31 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: grobdriver

Entertainment


47 posted on 09/22/2014 9:39:03 AM PDT by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: Hootowl99

When its installed in an artillery shell I would classify it as a WMD. Obviously it has other uses.


48 posted on 09/22/2014 9:39:35 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: GreyFriar

As soon as they have Sarin, the number of murders will escalate dramatically.


49 posted on 09/22/2014 9:46:49 AM PDT by zot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: GonzoII

My husband, a chemical engineer, just explained to me a few days ago, how Chlorine Gas can kill. And at the very least it can give you a bad case of chemical pneumonia....


50 posted on 09/22/2014 9:50:18 AM PDT by buffyt (It is NOT a choice, it is a CHILD!!!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Resolute Conservative

I was discussing a terrible wreck that happened in Houston several decades ago. An ammonia truck overturned and people closest to it breathed the fumes and died. For others, farther away, it ws terrible sickness, and for some a slow death.

My friend who is a chemical engineer, said, “Too much of ANYTHING in the lungs can kill you, even water” So just about anything can be WMD if it fills your lungs!


51 posted on 09/22/2014 9:52:31 AM PDT by buffyt (It is NOT a choice, it is a CHILD!!!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: GonzoII

Hmmmm. Same thing “they” claimed Assad used against rebels/civilians.

Seems to me that the Islamic State is behind all these chlorine gas attacks.


52 posted on 09/22/2014 9:53:27 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GreyFriar; All
(revised 2014) Think Dead animals/soldiers flung over
castle walls..Biological warfare then..now.

53 posted on 09/22/2014 9:54:53 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in political in always to pick up a weapon...eh? "Bathhouse" 0'Mullah? d8^)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: DaveA37
Give them a few hours warning and then nuke the whole damn place.

You're too lenient.
54 posted on 09/22/2014 9:55:26 AM PDT by Old Yeller (D.A.M.N. - Deport All Muslims Now! Starting in the White House.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: shotgun

Ammonia can be very deadly too. I remember this event as if it were yesterday. (and now there are 18 wheeler wrecks daily in Houston) any thing can be a bomb, any chemical can be WMD....

http://www3.gendisasters.com/texas/18813/houston-tx-ammonia-truck-explosion-may-1976


55 posted on 09/22/2014 9:56:55 AM PDT by buffyt (It is NOT a choice, it is a CHILD!!!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: GonzoII

Leonard Pitts Jr article from a couple of weeks ago, blaming EVERYTHING in the Middle East on GW Bush!

The problems in the M.E. go back thousands of years!

http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/09/16/leonard-pitts-jr-wondering-what-if-as-us-heads-back-to-middle-east/15673615/


56 posted on 09/22/2014 10:39:16 AM PDT by buffyt (As soon as someone says consensus he is no longer talking about science he's talking about politics.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: buffyt

The big push to jump to the alternative chlorine solutions came about from 9/11 emergency management planning to prevent terrorist strikes on these facilities. As a bonus to communities it also lowers your insurance risk and premiums.


57 posted on 09/22/2014 10:43:42 AM PDT by shotgun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: GreyFriar

(ISIS now into chemical warfare — I wonder how they justify it as being “7th Century?”)

It’s been around a long time. In “The Search For The Holy Grail” the enemy “farted in your general direction”.


58 posted on 09/22/2014 10:47:59 AM PDT by beelzepug (You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies]

To: GonzoII

A lot of the military leadership of the IS are former Iraqi Baathist military.

The Iraqi military under the Baath were pretty world class when it came to chemical weapons - they have a lot of skills working with them.

During the Iran/Iraq War, and after the Gulf War (during the Anfal Campaign against the Kurds), they made extensive and almost routine use of chemical agents. They maintained large stockpiles and industrial base to manufacture domestically. So there are lots of guys with excellent skill levels in producing, handling and using chemical weapons available to IS - some of the best in the world actually.

Not only do they likely have the skills, they have also captured the largest remaining chemical weapons stockpile in Iraq at al Muthana, and could have access to assets hidden by the Baathists to support their planned return to power. Remember how extensively they had prepared for a guerilla war to recapture power after an American invasion, with the formation of the Fedayeen Saddam? Well they cached a lot of weaponry and money as well.

The former Baathist leadership was right out front with ISIS early on (Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri and the Naqshbandi Army), while they are not mentioned much in the news any more, they are still there to support or train chemical operations - probably enough to support large scale operations. This may just be the early trials.

The Baathists might save their main chemical punch for a coup-like decapitation strike, to seize power for themselves, as they have long planned.


59 posted on 09/22/2014 11:09:05 AM PDT by BeauBo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: driftdiver

No, that’s only if a Republican is President.


60 posted on 09/22/2014 11:50:06 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-86 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson