Report: Peshmerga Claims ISIS Used Chemical Weapons
Iraqi Peshmerga officials told Kurdish media outlet Rudaw that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is using chemical weapons against Peshmerga soldiers in Makhmur, Iraq.
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Russia Blasts UN Plan to Investigate Bashar Al-Assad for Chemical Weapons
The United Nations security council unanimously voted to adopt a resolution to investigate if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against innocent civilians. However, the honeymoon did not last long when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blasted these claims.
Report: International Inspectors Fail to Stop Syria Chemical Weapons
International inspectors failed to stop Syria from stockpiling chemical weapons, in spite of an international agreement in 2013, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal on Friday. International inspectors were skeptical of Syria’s claims to have disposed of its stockpiles, but were afraid that reporting violations would destroy the overall deal: “Members of the inspection team didn’t push for answers, worried that it would compromise their primary objective of getting the regime to surrender the 1,300 tons of chemicals it admitted to having.”
Report: ISIS Ramps Up Use of Chemical Weapons in Iraq and Syria
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) has recently used chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria, two independent U.K.-based organizations have learned.
Australia: ISIS Recruiting ‘Highly Trained Professionals’ to Make Chemical Weapons
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is recruiting “highly trained professionals,” including some from Western countries, to develop chemical weapons, warned Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Australia’s ABC reports.
EXCLUSIVE: DOD Stonewalls Freedom Of Information Act Request from Ailing Vet
A veteran has sought information about Fort McClellan’s chemical contamination from the Department of Defense since last year, but his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has gone unanswered.
Returning Jihadis Could Use Chemical Weapons ‘On UK Soil’
Chlorine is now the chemical weapon of choice for IS terrorists in Syria and Iraq and there is a growing chance of a chlorine bomb attack on British soil, a chemical warfare expert has warned. Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, who
World View: Obama Repudiates the Carter Doctrine at Bizarre GCC Meeting
Iran attempts to seize Singapore-flagged ship in Persian Gulf; Obama concludes bizarre meeting with GCC at Camp David; The Truman Doctrine and the Carter Doctrine
Report: Sarin and VX Nerve Agent Found in Syria Show Assad Lied About Arsenal
Traces of sarin and VX nerve agent have been found in Syria, a finding that supports assertions by Western governments that Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad lied about his chemical weapons stockpile, diplomatic sources told Reuters.
Kurds Claim ISIS Is Using Chemical Weapons
According to a statement from the Kurdish Regional Security Council, the Islamic State has crossed that fabled WMD “red line” by deploying chemical weapons against Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting along the Iraqi border with Syria, near the captive city of Mosul.
NYT: CIA, U.S. Military Bought, Destroyed Chemical Weapons During Iraq War
The CIA, working in coordination with U.S. troops, bought and destroyed hundreds of nerve agent rockets during the occupation of Iraq under a nonproliferation plan dubbed Operation Avarice, The New York Times (NYT) reports.
ISIS Smears Kurdish Forces In Iraq By Accusing Them of Using Poison Gas to Kill Civilians
Islamic State jihadists are accusing Kurdish Peshmerga forces of using “poisonous gas” to execute civilians in Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul.
