"...death is an end to the suffering."
Well, that made my day, but thanks for the link.
"The only known countries to possess VX are U.S. France and Russia."
Looks like this needs an update.
The synthesis of VX binaries is trivial. Any country with competent organic chemists could pull it off with minimal effort. Most of the effort is in making these things safe for the user, and countries like Iraq appear to take a relatively "minimalist" approach to safety.