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PRO/AH/EDR> Chemical weapons – Iraq, Syria: chlorine gas, confirmed use
Conflict -- IraqThe Islamic State appears to have manufactured rudimentary chemical warfare shells and attacked Kurdish positions in Iraq and Syria with them as many as 3 times in recent weeks, according to field investigators, Kurdish officials and a Western ordnance disposal technician who examined the incidents and recovered one of the shells.The development, which the investigators said involved toxic industrial or agricultural chemicals repurposed as weapons, signaled a potential escalation Read more [...]
