Posted on 08/13/2015 10:49:29 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State (IS) jihadists in northern Iraq have reported being attacked with chemical weapons, the German defense ministry said Thursday.
“We have indications that there was an attack with chemical weapons” against the Peshmerga fighters that left many suffering from “respiratory irritation,” a ministry spokesman told AFP. […]
IS has previously been accused of using chlorine against Kurdish forces in Iraq.
In March, the autonomous Kurdish government in northern Iraq said it had evidence that the jihadist group used chlorine in a car bomb attack on January 23. …
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Dude, that was, like, years ago, before Jon Stewart was even on...
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Those are old weapons. They don’t count
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Iraq not only had WMD under Saddam Hussein but actually used them in genocidal ethnic cleansing against the Kurds and in the war with Iran. Furthermore, when coalition forces liberated Iraq, numerous chemical warheads were uncovered.
GWB was right all along. Not only did Iraq have WMD, but it also had no hesitation using WMD.
Sorry, but the narrative used to stampede the USA into war was of a nuclearized Iraq.
So you’re abandoning the line that Chem/Bio weapons were the casus belli. That was quick.
BTW, the presence of yellowcake in Iraq proved nothing and was never in dispute as it has legitimate peaceful uses.
I am not saying anything on the subject. You seem hell-bent on pushing the Obama line on the Iraq war, though.
PS. Don’t put words in anyone’s mouth.
Over 600 Iraqi War Veterans have been diagnosed with exposure to WMD. Mostly chlorine gas/phosgene. More expected. Many receiving compensation and Purple Hearts have been awarded to some. Pentagon has apologized...
Obama has nothing to do with it, so don’t try hanging him on me. The fact is that the 2003 war was a fraud. Deal with it.
No, it was not a fraud. Saddam would have nuked up before Iran if he had his way.
And don’t say Obama has nothing to do with it when his 2011 withdrawal brings back the WMDs (yes, they were part of the reason for 2003) via ISIS.
And BTW, Qo’noS rules. Stop supporting terrorism.
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