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following excerpts are from FoxNews.com:
Iraqi
Kurdish authorities said Saturday that their troops are being
attacked by Islamic State fighters using chemical weapons.
The
Kurdish Regional Security Council released a statement saying it has
evidence showing the ISIS fighters used chlorine gas as a chemical
weapon against Kurdish military forces known as peshmerga fighters.
The
council said the alleged chemical attack took place on a road between
Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, and the Syrian border, as forces
fought to seize a vital supply line used by the Sunni militants. It
said its fighters later found "around 20 gas canisters"
that had been loaded onto the truck involved in the attack.
Video
provided by the council showed a truck racing down a road, white
smoke pouring out of it as it came under heavy fire from peshmerga
fighters. It later showed a white, billowing cloud after the truck
exploded and the remnants of it scattered across a road.
An
official with the Kurdish council told The Associated Press that
dozens of peshmerga fighters were treated for "dizziness,
nausea, vomiting and general weakness" after the attack. He
spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to discuss
the incident.
The
assertion has yet to be verified, but such battlefield tactics are
banned under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention. [As
if ISIS hasn't already shown their barbarism.]
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