[Iraq News] Baghdad Operations Command confirmed that the armored force of the 9th Division and a regiment of the Federal Police managed to free the Muthanna chemical weapons facility from ISIS control. The facility is located on the Samarra/Al-Therthar road which lies about 60 km away from Baghdad.On Tuesday, the commander of the Baghdad Operations Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Al-Shammari said in a press statement, followed by IraqiNews.com, that his forces will begin clearing the road of explosives, noting that "opening the Samarra/Jabber road will only lead to breaking the cordon around the unites located in the Japanese bridge and Al-Therthar road."
The United States has already expressed concern
...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended...
about ISIS' seizure of Muthanna chemical weapons facility after the 10th June events, but the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency of the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
underestimated the chemicals contained therein stressing that "it does not represent danger or security threat."