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CDC | Facts About Chlorine - 0 views

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    In this link the Center for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC, offers information on chlorine gas poisoning including: what chlorine is, where it is found and how it is used, exposure, how it works, signs and symptoms, and long term health effects. This is beneficial for understanding one of the main chemical weapons in Syria, chlorine gas.
hkerby2

Fresh allegations of chlorine gas attacks in Syria - 0 views

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    New videos purportedly show victims of chlorine gas attacks in Idlib. The attack occurred on March 16, 2015. the attack is allegedly chlorine gas and killed at least six people
jreyesc

Iraq Accuses ISIS of Using Chemical Weapons Including Chlorine Gas - The Atlantic - 0 views

  • radical Sunni Islamist group is also being accused of committing attacks using chemical weapons.
  • Islamic State attack in September caused 11 Iraqi policemen in the town of Dhuluiya to seek treatment for symptoms consistent with chlorine gas poisoning.
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  • raqi officials also claim that ISIS used chlorine gas in two other attacks
  • "We are aware of the reports but cannot confirm details and are seeking additional information.
  • If confirmed, these attacks would be the first chemical weapons attacks in Iraq in several years
  • “it obviously can affect tactical decisions within that strategy.”
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    Iraq is accusing ISIS of using chemical. the first event happen back in September, where a doctor saw clear signs of chemical weapon use on a victim.
hkerby2

Syria chemical weapons: the proof that Assad regime launching chlorine attacks on children - 0 views

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    Scientific analysis of the soil in the areas of suspected chemical warfare attacks on Syria have proven the use of chlorine and ammonia gas. With the proof of the soil as well as the evidence of the clear gas poisoning symptoms on the victims, it is now proven that the Assad regime is using chemical warfare on civilians, including children. This link also gives some useful but disturbing videos.
hkerby2

Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria- March 16 - 0 views

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    Another attack on the Syrian people occurred on Monday, March 16. The attack killed at least six people, including infants and injured many others. The attacked occurred in a village in northwestern Syria. It is reported that there was use of chlorine gas.
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    Another attack on the Syrian people occurred on Monday, March 16. The attack killed at least six people, including infants and injured many others. The attacked occurred in a village in northwestern Syria. It is reported that there was use of chlorine gas.
hkerby2

Report reaffirms Syria chemical weapons use - Al Jazeera English - 0 views

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    The use of chemical weaponry has been reaffirmed in Syria, even though an effort was launched in 2013 following the Damascus attack to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons. There have been numerous eye-witness reports of helicopter sounds, bomb spotting, and the smelling of chlorine gas. The hope is to destroy all chemical weapon production facilities by June of 2015.
hkerby2

Investigators confident that chlorine gas was used as weapon in Syria | World news | Th... - 1 views

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jreyesc

Kurds fear Isis use of chemical weapon in Kobani | World news | The Guardian - 0 views

  • Islamic State (Isis) is thought to have obtained stocks of ageing but still potent chemical weapons when it seized Iraqi army bases where they were stored,
  • There may also have been chemical weapons buried or abandoned elsewhere, that were not destroyed by US forces or the Iraqi military.
  • Iraqi officials said 11 police officers were poisoned by chlorine gas last month, when Isis fighters used it to attack the Iraqi town of Duluiya.
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  • Intense fighting has made it impossible to get doctors the equipment they need to do definitive tests for the use of chemical weapons,
  • Some of the doctors say that it might be phosphorus or poison gas of some kind
  • It is possible that Isis fighters could mistake some chemical munitions for ordinary weapons and use them without being aware of what they are handling.
  • Islamic State (Isis) is thought to have obtained stocks of ageing but still potent chemical weapons when it seized Iraqi army bases where they were stored
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    The Kurds in Syria are now fearing the use of chemical weapons by the extremist group, ISIS. The chemical weapons were used near the town of Kobani.
hkerby2

Kerry condemns alleged Syrian chemical weapons use - CNN.com - 0 views

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    Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday delivered a fiery response to reports that the Assad regime used chlorine gas as part of an attack this week. The Obama administration is backing the Syrian opposition against Assad regime but has not made plans to take direct action.
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Uncertainty on destruction of chemical weapons and facilities - 0 views

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    there is uncertainty on destruction of chemical weapons and facilities. This thought arose shortly after the most resent attack on the Syrian people through the use of chlorine gas. There needs to be further investigation into the presence of chemical weapons and facilities
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