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Terror Networks
Iraqi chlorine in Islamists' hands
2015-02-09
[ARA] Militant fighters of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
seized large quantities of chlorine gas following attacks against major water facility in the province of Nineveh, northern Iraq, official sources reported.

IS Death Eaters controlled the chemical agent from the provincial water department and transferred otto a hideout in Nineveh, Iraqi local media quoted officials as saying.

The radical group is reportedly manufacturing rockets filled with chemical agents for use in operations against the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi army.

"The Kurdish Peshmerga and other Iraqi forces should be cautious during the battles against the IS. The radical group could use the chemical agents at any moment, especially in the current phase as the group is losing ground and its power is apparently dramatically decreasing," Kurdish politician Khelil Hama told ARA News in Erbil.
Posted by:Fred

#6  IS-i-ans, grom.
Like INDians, but not from North Dakota.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-02-09 21:52  

#5   Using chlorine as war gas is not all that simple---I expect numerous fatalities among ISi

Agreed, considering the various and sundry media out on IS "work accidents."
Posted by: Pappy   2015-02-09 16:28  

#4  They better watch their step or Obama will draw another line in the sand.
Posted by: Sgt. D.T.   2015-02-09 14:14  

#3  Using chlorine as war gas is not all that simple---I expect numerous fatalities among ISi, ISians [?.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-02-09 13:51  

#2  One can only hope they use it to disinfect themselves or still better to disinfect the planet from their presennce.
Posted by: JFM   2015-02-09 04:43  

#1  one might hope they'd use it to disinfect water and chlorinate pools

but that's not what they'll do with chlorine...
Posted by: anon1   2015-02-09 02:12  

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