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Syria conflict: New 'IS chemical attack' [Mustard Gas]
BBC ^ | 25 August 2015

Posted on 08/26/2015 12:26:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday it had treated four members of a family who suffered from breathing difficulties and developed blisters after a mortar hit their home in Marea.

The Syrian American Medical Society has also reported receiving 50 patients showing symptoms of chemical exposure.

Local rebels say the shells were fired from an IS-held village to the east.

A spokesman for one group, the Shami Front, told the New York Times that half of the 50 mortars and artillery rounds which hit Marea contained sulphur mustard.

The powerful irritant and blistering agent - which is commonly known as "mustard gas" but is liquid at ambient temperature - causes severe damage to the skin, eyes and respiratory system and internal organs.

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1 posted on 08/26/2015 12:26:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Red line much?


2 posted on 08/26/2015 12:28:07 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: BenLurkin

The jv team is stepping it up a notch.


3 posted on 08/26/2015 12:28:26 PM PDT by freedom6178
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4 posted on 08/26/2015 12:30:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: freedom6178

ISIS has made itself a legitimate target for chimerical weapons in response.


5 posted on 08/26/2015 12:31:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Obamadingo is too busy going after Assad and the Kurds to care about ISIS.


6 posted on 08/26/2015 12:32:43 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: BenLurkin

Remember back when the US was so sure that it was Assad’s forces using chemical weapons? And they said the radicalized elements of the “rebels” (US sponsored terrorists) were too dumb to use chemical weapons? Oops.


7 posted on 08/26/2015 12:38:17 PM PDT by grania
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To: BenLurkin

Not a red line. It was their plan. Baked into their crap sandwich.


8 posted on 08/26/2015 1:00:16 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The use of the name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: BenLurkin

Just got to love that “Arab Spring” started by His Arrogance, Benghazi Clinton, and all of the government followers of Satan!


9 posted on 08/26/2015 1:08:24 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (It's not an "administration", it's a crime syndicate of liars, thieves, freaks, fools & perverts.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’m not surprised that JV terrorists are using a JV chemical weapon to harm civilians. That’s what terrorists do, even the rookies. As long as it doesn’t interfere with Obama’s golf game, I doubt that we’ll do anything about it.


10 posted on 08/26/2015 2:33:40 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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