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First on CNN: ISIS suspected of mustard attack against US and Iraqi troops
CNN ^
| 9-21-2016
| Barbara Starr
Posted on 09/21/2016 5:25:33 PM PDT by tcrlaf
ISIS is suspected of firing a shell with mustard agent that landed at the Qayyara air base in Iraq Tuesday where US and Iraqi 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."
A US defense official said troops had gone out to look at the ordnance after it landed. Based on seeing what they thought was a suspect substance, two field tests were conducted.
The first test was positive and the second was negative, the official said. The substance is now being sent to a lab for further examination.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndoncnn; bho44; chemicalweapons; iraq; iraqitroops; isis; mosul; muslimworld; mustard; mustardgas; project922; troops; usmilitary; wmd
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Just a part of Saddam's stockpile of Chemical Weapons/Weapons of MASS DESTRUCTION that the Democrat left told us for years did not exist, fired at the No-boots-on-the-ground boots on the ground that the Democrat left keeps saying don't exists thereright???
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:25:34 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
To: tcrlaf
“One official said the agent had “low purity” and was “poorly weaponized.” A second official called it “ineffective.”
They’ll keep working on it. Give em something to do til the Iranians got plenty of nukes.
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:30:58 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(The mind of a liberal...deceit, desire for control, greed, contradiction and fueled by hate.)
To: tcrlaf
That’s cool.
They crossed the line.
Now it’s no quarter. They get to taste all the fun stuff we got.
BZ was just the beginning.
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:32:25 PM PDT
by
Regulator
To: tcrlaf
LOL, talk about false flag. Lemme guess, Putin hand delivered the gas to Raqqa?
To: tcrlaf
Some of those ISIS demons may be gassing their own people.
They are Satan's minions in action today.
ISIS = I'mSatan's I'mSatan's
To: tcrlaf
Another crock full of....red herrings. Here we go again.(yawn) -—
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:37:30 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: cloudmountain
Yeah.
CNN, ISIS, and WMD. No need for suspicion.
To: tcrlaf
Anyone supporting Islamic terrorism, even flying their flag, whether active or not, should be killed. Our military needs new, open rules of engagement.
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:39:19 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
To: tcrlaf
One official said the agent had "low purity" and was "poorly weaponized." A second official called it "ineffective."Of course, I believe every word of that. S/
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:40:26 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Calvary's love has never faltered. All it's wonder still remains. Souls still take eternal passage.)
To: jessduntno
Yeah, its the thought that counts.
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:42:23 PM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
(Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
To: cloudmountain
or how about
I’m Satan’s Insane Servants?
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:43:07 PM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
(Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
To: Reno89519
.. anyone supporting Islamic terrorism, even flying their flag, whether active or not, should be killed ..Get help.
To: Reno89519
.
Our military needs a new CIC.
.
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:43:44 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Molon Labbie
Im Satans Insane Servants?That's a GOOD one. Wow.
To: Regulator; All
Will weaponized germs be next?
To: Byron_the_Aussie
If anybody wanted a casus belli in order to ramp things up, the use of chemical weapons will usually fill the bill.
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:46:28 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: tcrlaf
Sounds like it was designed to be an excuse for further US military commitments. More CIA/State Dept. shenanigans.
And what timing, too, just as the admin’s Syria policy takes a sharp turn for the worse!
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:48:22 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(This message has been encrypted in ROT13 twice for maximum security)
To: Regulator
Damn, you’re a full-on sucker for every psyop trick in the book, aren’t you?
This is why they do those things - because they work. On people like you.
Try being less gullible than a toddler and it’s obvious as hell that this is a pack of Obama/Kerry/Power-driven lies intended to justify doubling down on a catastrophically failed policy.
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:50:21 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(This message has been encrypted in ROT13 twice for maximum security)
To: Byron_the_Aussie
Why? Are you saying we should continue coddling them? That hasn’t worked out so well has it?
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:53:40 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
To: cloudmountain
I think it would be a great matchup on payperview.
“I’m Satan’s Insane Servants”
vs.
“Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children”! (I have a whole family of Teufelhunden, so no disrespect gang).
Let’s get ready to rumble!!!
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posted on
09/21/2016 5:55:05 PM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
(Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
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