Kurds accused IS militants of using chemical weapons
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The Kurds have accused the "Islamic State" of using chemical weapons in Iraq, reports Lenta.ru report Reuters message.
“According to the command of the Peshmerga (militia of Iraqi Kurdistan), Islamists fired at positions of Kurdish fighters north of Mosul with rockets containing an unknown chemical substance. As a result, one of the Kurds was poisoned, now doctors work with him, ”the agency reported.
This is not the first accusation of the Islamists in the use of chemical weapons. In August, this was stated by the official publications of Syria. Then it was said about the shelling by shells (mines) with toxic substances in residential areas of the city of Mari. As a result, the victims showed asphyxia.
It was also reported that the US has already received preliminary evidence of the use of toxic substances by militants, which were discovered during the study of fragments of exploded mines.
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