Monday, July 20, 2015

Islamic State Escalating The Use Of Chemical Weapons Against The Kurds In Syria And Iraq



Report: ISIS Is Firing More Chemical Weapons at Kurds, Report Says

Suicide and roadside bombs have also incorporated chemical agents

The Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has been using chemical weapons against Kurdish forces and civilians, according to an investigation in Iraq and Syria, including three known cases in the last month.

On three occasions in the last month, ISIS used chemical munitions to fight the Kurds, adapting suicide bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to include chlorine and other chemicals, CNN reported according to research by two independent U.K.-based groups, Conflict Armament Research (CAR) and Sahan Research.

Update #1: ISIS uses CHEMICAL weapons: Chilling development as monitoring group reveals pictures of chemical shells used against Kurdish forces -- Daily Mail
Update #2: Report: ISIS steps up use of chemicals on battlefields in Iraq and Syria -- CNN

WNU Editor: I suspect that it is only a question of time before these chemical weapons are targeting populated cities.

2 comments:

Bob Huntley said...

Yes and what country would be stupid enough to put its troops in the field to face whatever ISIS decides to throw at them.

phill said...

Bob

Is that a trick question? The kurdish don't have a country....yet!