U.S. Commander: Islamic State Used Chemical Agent in Attack Near Mosul

[rangerrebew]

U.S. Commander: Islamic State Used Chemical Agent in Attack Near Mosul

(CNSNews.com) – As the Islamic State’s military position worsens in West Mosul, “so too does their humanity,” Major General Joseph Martin, commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq, told a news conference on Wednesday.

Martin said “hundreds” of Iraqi civilians are being murdered by ISIS “on a weekly basis.” And he said chemical weapons were used this past weekend on Iraqi Security Forces that are trying to liberate the city, with the help of U.S. and coalition troops.
 

Source URL: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/us-military-commander-daesh-has-used-chemicals-vicinity-mosul

[Cripplecreek]

They've been using them for a long time.

[thackney]

They've been using them for a long time.

...Islamic State has used chemical weapons, including chlorine and sulfur, at least 52 times on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq, according to a study released in November by IHS Conflict Monitor, a London-based intelligence collection and analysis service.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said it had confirmed that Islamic State fighters had deployed sulfur mustard, commonly known as mustard gas, in an attack on the Syrian town of Marea, near Aleppo, in August 2015. The internationally banned substance burns a victim’s skin, throat and eyes.

“In this case, the team was able to confirm with utmost confidence that at least two people were exposed to sulfur mustard, and that it is very likely that the effects of this chemical weapon resulted in the death of an infant," the organization said in a statement....

http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-isis-chemical-weapons-2017-story.html

[driftdiver]

Tell Colin to get his charts back out, WMD in Iraq.