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Iraq
Captured ISIS head of chemical weapons says they've got mustard gas
2016-03-09
The head of ISIS's chemical weapons unit who once worked for Saddam Hussein has been apprehended by American authorities -- and admitted the group has mustard gas, official sources told The Post.

Sleiman Daoud al-Afari is being held at a temporary detention facility in Erbil, Iraq, where US military officials are grilling him about the Islamic State's intentions to use deadly chemical and biological weapons, the sources said.

Defense Department officials described al-Afari as a "significant" ISIS leader who was nabbed in February by elite American commandos.

Since then, al-Afari has offered up crucial details about how the terror organization packed its artillery shells with powdered mustard gas, sources said.

One Defense official told The Post that although the mustard gas was not "concentrated enough" to snuff out a life, it could certainly impair someone.
I'm sure it was designed to be that way out of the goodness of their hearts.
After the US military has completed the interrogation process, al-Afari will be transferred to Iraqi and Kurdish authorities, sources said.
They forgot to say that he sang like a bird for Budweiser beer.
Al-Afari was a former employee of Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein's Military Industrialization Authority.

Saddam was hanged in 2006 by the Iraqi government after being convicted of crimes against humanity.
Posted by:gorb

#4  Doing my best to help the process, my dear. Carry on.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-03-09 21:17  

#3  I'm kinda new here. Still learning the ropes. :-)
Posted by: gorb   2016-03-09 19:46  

#2  gorb, in future when you post an article after 2 p.m. Eastern Time, please set it for the next day unless a major terror attack is occurring. This article did not need to be the 70th article of the day at 5:30 p.m.
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-03-09 19:19  

#1  Something, something, about a red line.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-03-09 18:05  

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