UN preparing for possible chemical attack in Iraq's Mosul
A lift truck driver uploads family tents for the Mosul refugees at the UNHCR warehouses, part of the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.
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By JOSEPH KRAUSS and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Associated Press | Published: October 27, 2016
BAGHDAD — The U.N.'s public health agency said Thursday it has trained 90 Iraqi medics in "mass casualty management," with a special focus on chemical attacks, as part of its preparations for Iraq's operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group.
The extremist group, which has ruled Iraq's second largest city for more than two years, is believed to have crude chemical weapons capabilities, and Iraqi forces say they are prepared to encounter them on the battlefield.
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