Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Reuters, 20/10 18:20 CET
By Anthony Deutsch
THE HAGUE
(Reuters) – Islamic State militants “most probably” used the banned
chemical weapon mustard gas against Kurdish forces in Iraq and
international inspectors have been asked to investigate, diplomatic
sources told Reuters.
A team of inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
will go to Iraq next week to help determine if the blistering agent
sulphur mustard was used in the battlefield, three sources told Reuters.
Islamic State already has a broad arsenal of weapons and
military vehicles seized from Iraqi forces. It launched an attack with
“weaponised chlorine” in January and there have been at least four other
occasions it allegedly used chemical weapons, regional officials said.
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