Islamic State may have used chemical weapons on Kurds, Israeli experts say

[grahamhgreen]

http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/1.620873?v=D7C4514A1335F3FA23B66E6B99D24622

Photographs taken by activists in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani and examined by Israeli researchers appear to prove that Islamic State militants possess chemical weapons and may have used them.

Kurdish activists claim that Islamic State fighters used chemical agents in the village of Avdiko on July 12, according to a report in the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal, which is published by the Global Research in International Affairs Center, a branch of the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

Nisan Ahmed, the Kurdish authority health minister in Kobani, appointed a medical team to examine fighters' bodies, the report said. They found no bullet wounds, but rather "burns and white spots" on the dead fighters' bodies that indicated the use of chemical weapons

MERIA gained exclusive access to the photos and Israeli experts who have seen them believe they point to "the use of some form of chemical agent, probably mustard [gas]," the report said. However, the experts said, that is impossible to confirm without further investigation.

[The Magistrate]

1. Interesting, Sir

[belzabubba333]

2. oh god here we go - up next is yellow cake from niger

[whatchamacallit]

3. Trustworthy

[Rhinodawg]

4. They wouldnt dare use chem....

yeah, they would.

[dembotoz]

5. can we trust anything that comes from the gov of Nutty - yahoo

[mrdmk]

6. The use of chemical weapons is technical for starters, therefore Islamic State fighters must be

a first class military outfit. Some of the best in the world with the training to boot...

Burns and white spots, oops, did we leave some phosphorus bombs behind?

[grahamhgreen]

7. It is still uncertain who used chemical weapons in Syria.