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ISIS in Iraq seizes control of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons facility

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ISIS in Iraq seizes control of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons facility | BARE NAKED ISLAM

WSJ Sunni extremists in Iraq have occupied what was once Saddam Hussein’s premier chemical-weapons production facility, a complex that still contains a stockpile of old weapons, State Department and other U.S. government officials said. The capture of the chemical-weapon stockpile by the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, known as ISIS or ISIL, the militant group that is seizing territory in the country, has grabbed the attention of the U.S.

"We remain concerned about the seizure of any military site by the ISIL,” Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, said in a written statement. “We do not believe that the complex contains CW materials of military value and it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to safely move the materials.”

The takeover underscores the chaos gripping Iraq and the possibility that the growing Sunni rebellion could further destabilize the Middle East. Not lost on U.S. government and military officials is the irony that the latest chapter in a war designed to strip Iraq of chemical weapons could see radical Sunni extremists take control of that same stockpile.

During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, Hussein used the Muthanna complex to make chemical weapons, including sarin, mustard gas, and VX (a nerve agent), according the Iraq Study Group, which conducted the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in the aftermath of the war. The Iraq Study group did find chemical munitions at Muthanna but determined that inspections by United Nations Special Commission, or Unscom, had ensured the facility was dismantled and remaining chemical stocks militarily useless and sealed in bunkers.

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CHEMICAL WEAPONS?? I was assured by scores of Leftists that there were no CW.
 
CHEMICAL WEAPONS?? I was assured by scores of Leftists that there were no CW.

In 2003 there wasn't anything of high value. Even the article says they don't believe there is anything in there of military value. That doesn't mean they can't use the material in there to make some dirty type of chemical weapon that could affect a small amount of people.
 
Hahahahahahaha, yea. The Four Horsemen are saddling up peeps. Time to watch the show.
 
Anyone have a real source that claims weapons are there? I won't hold my breath.

It's rabble rousing nonsense.


Hahahahahahaha, yea. The Four Horsemen are saddling up peeps. Time to watch the show.

:scared:
 
ISIS in Iraq seizes control of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons facility | BARE NAKED ISLAM

WSJ Sunni extremists in Iraq have occupied what was once Saddam Hussein’s premier chemical-weapons production facility, a complex that still contains a stockpile of old weapons, State Department and other U.S. government officials said. The capture of the chemical-weapon stockpile by the forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, known as ISIS or ISIL, the militant group that is seizing territory in the country, has grabbed the attention of the U.S.

"We remain concerned about the seizure of any military site by the ISIL,” Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, said in a written statement. “We do not believe that the complex contains CW materials of military value and it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to safely move the materials.”

The takeover underscores the chaos gripping Iraq and the possibility that the growing Sunni rebellion could further destabilize the Middle East. Not lost on U.S. government and military officials is the irony that the latest chapter in a war designed to strip Iraq of chemical weapons could see radical Sunni extremists take control of that same stockpile.

During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, Hussein used the Muthanna complex to make chemical weapons, including sarin, mustard gas, and VX (a nerve agent), according the Iraq Study Group, which conducted the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in the aftermath of the war. The Iraq Study group did find chemical munitions at Muthanna but determined that inspections by United Nations Special Commission, or Unscom, had ensured the facility was dismantled and remaining chemical stocks militarily useless and sealed in bunkers.

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CHEMICAL WEAPONS?? I was assured by scores of Leftists that there were no CW.

Well if the leftists were wrong, things just got a little more interesting.
 
CHEMICAL WEAPONS?? I was assured by scores of Leftists that there were no CW.
I bet they feel pretty silly now that an anonymous blogger says otherwise.
 
Anyone have a real source that claims weapons are there? I won't hold my breath.

It's rabble rousing nonsense.




:scared:




Out of curiosity, where were the Chemical Weapons being used in Syria manufactured?
 
if the weapons are contaminated then i highly doubt the ISIL would try to use them

Can you explain that a little more? Why would ISIL not use contaminated chemical weapons?
 
Out of curiosity, where were the Chemical Weapons being used in Syria manufactured?
Increased Activity Seen at Suspected Syrian Chemical Weapons Site | Global Security Newswire | NTI
Feb. 19, 2009

Satellite images show an increase in operations at a suspected chemical weapons production facility in Syria...

Syria's chemical weapons program is believed to date back to the early 1970s. The Middle Eastern nation has likely produced mustard blister agent and sarin nerve agent...


:shrug:
 
if the weapons are contaminated then i highly doubt the ISIL would try to use them

There are rumors that elements of the rebels used CW against citizens in Syria and tried to blame Assad. [to encourage strikes from the West] If true, they know how to use them.

Although Syria seem to fess up by agreeing to destroy their stockpiles.

Tell me who to believe?
 
Can you explain that a little more? Why would ISIL not use contaminated chemical weapons?

The chemicals break down over time and cease to perform their intended function.
 
Increased Activity Seen at Suspected Syrian Chemical Weapons Site | Global Security Newswire | NTI
Feb. 19, 2009

Satellite images show an increase in operations at a suspected chemical weapons production facility in Syria...

Syria's chemical weapons program is believed to date back to the early 1970s. The Middle Eastern nation has likely produced mustard blister agent and sarin nerve agent...


:shrug:

I tried to find the Sat photos of the truck moving from Iraq to Syria back before the war but, apparently they've been scrubbed from the Net.
 
I tried to find the Sat photos of the truck moving from Iraq to Syria back before the war but, apparently they've been scrubbed from the Net.

:lamo
 
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