ISIS suspected of using mustard gas against US base

[Legion Troll]

ISIS is suspected of firing a shell with mustard agent that landed at Qayyara air base in Iraq where US troops are operating, according to several US officials.

The shell was categorized by officials as either a rocket or artillery shell. After it landed on the base, just south of Mosul, US troops tested it and received an initial reading for a chemical agent they believe is mustard.

No US troops were hurt or have displayed symptoms of exposure to mustard agent. One official said the agent had "low purity" and was "poorly weaponized." A second official called it "ineffective."



http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/21/politics/mustard-gas-us-troops/

 

[anatta]

Qayyara air base

key to liberating Mosul.. ISIS is on the ropes, at least in Iraq.

 

[Bill]

key to liberating Mosul.. ISIS is on the ropes, at least in Iraq.

Now that turkey is finally going to do something...

The real sad part is many civilians are going to be killed......

 

[anatta]

Now that turkey is finally going to do something...

The real sad part is many civilians are going to be killed......

I don't know what Turkey will do about Mosul - maybe seal the border...It looks like the same coalition in Iraq
will go after ISIS in Mosul.
Ya. Mosul is a big city/area, and ISIS will probably do what they did in Ramadi/Fallujah -use the population as shields.

 

[Bill]

I don't know what Turkey will do about Mosul - maybe seal the border...It looks like the same coalition in Iraq
will go after ISIS in Mosul.
Ya. Mosul is a big city/area, and ISIS will probably do what they did in Ramadi/Fallujah -use the population as shields.

Yep......... Also the heritage sites etc.......