(Holy $%*! Shit!!) Islamists take control of Iraqi chemical weapons site

[shira]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iraq said the Islamic State extremist group has taken control of a vast former chemical weapons facility northwest of Baghdad, where 2,500 chemical rockets filled with the deadly nerve agent sarin or their remnants were stored along with other chemical warfare agent

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/islamists-take-control-of-iraqi-chemical-weapons-site/#ixzz370V5DFcu
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[DJ13]

1. First we were told Iraq had WMD's, then they didnt

Then the few found after the invasion were pre GW1, and so degraded they were inert.

Now Iraq is claiming they have sarin filled rockets in storage?

Where did those come from?

[tridim]

3. This came from Times of Isreal's lying Neocon ass. nt

[DJ13]

4. You're right

I didnt note the source, thanks.

[shira]

10. You don't like the source? Try google for another one stating the same thing. n/t

[shira]

7. Right. It's not as though there are any other reports of the same exact thing.

[TexasProgresive]

2. Seems like they are all "Islamists"

A rose by any name......

[shira]

8. Nah, ISIS guys are progressives, didn't you know? n/t

[blm]

5. Are you familiar with this 'news' source? It's total BS.

.

[shira]

9. You know, there are plenty other news sources reporting the same damned thing. n/t

[blm]

15. No - they are not - they are saying it is old, depleted and unable to be weaponized

and in worse condition than it was in 2003 when it was so depleted the weapon inspectors gave it a pass.

So.....why do YOU want this breathlessly told RW exaggeration to be true?

[shira]

16. It's the same report. Read the last 3-4 paragraphs of the OP. n/t

[Angleae]

12. Maybe one of these sources is more to your liking.

https://news.yahoo.com/iraq-terrorists-seize-ex-chemical-weapons-000835604.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/09/us-iraq-security-chemicalweapons-idUSKBN0FD26K20140709?feedType=RSS
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/iraq-terrorists-seize-chemical-weapons-site-24476238
http://www.in.com/news/current-affairs/isil-has-seized-former-chemical-weapons-site-iraq-tells-un-52863966-in-1.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28222879
http://www.voanews.com/content/iraq-sunni-rebels-seize-former-chemical-weapons-factory/1953640.html
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Iraq-Militants-seize--Saddam-Hussein-chemical-weapons-site/-/1068/2377154/-/hd8ghkz/-/index.html
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/terrorist-groups-seize-former-chemical-weapons-site-iraq-555316
http://www.firstpost.com/world/isil-has-seized-former-chemical-weapons-site-iraq%E2%80%8E-tells-un-1610233.html
http://www.punchng.com/news/iraq-confirms-rebels-seized-chemical-site/
http://rt.com/news/171388-iraq-loses-chemical-weapons-depot/



Just because you don't like the source doesn't mean the story isn't true.

[blm]

14. That's a breathless exaggeration of the facts. That stuff was so depleted in 2003 that

weapon inspectors didn't even count it.

Perhaps you WANT the RW exaggeration of this non story to be accepted? Try sticking to the facts and not the lies being catapulted.

[TheNutcracker]

6. Please allow me to introduce myself.......when you meet me have some sympathy, and some taste...

who who....

[4139]

11. The story is true, but weapons from the 1980s... Ny daily news>

UN weapons inspectors reported in 2004 that Bunker 13 housed 2,500 sarin-filled chemical rockets and about 180 tons of sodium cyanide, “a very toxic chemical and precursor for the warfare agent tabun.”
The report, made after weapons inspectors left Iraq in 2003, said Bunker 41 contained 2,000 empty artillery shells and 605 1-ton containers with mustard residue, which can’t be used for chemical warfare.


http://m.nydailynews.com/news/world/isis-seizes-chemical-weapons-depot-baghdad-sarin-gas-rockets-article-1.1859934#bmb=1

[Dems to Win]

13. American troops on the ground for a DECADE, and they didn't dispose of Iraq's chemical weapons??

WHAT was the point of the American occupation of Iraq?

So disgusting. An endless travesty.

[Warren Stupidity]

18. the site has no chemical weapons. It was decommissioned before we invaded Iraq.

Recall that we invaded on the bullshit pretext that Iraq still had these sorts of weapons? Recall that we found NONE? The op is just re-banging the same bullshit war drum that was being banged on in 2003.

[Warren Stupidity]

17. unmitigated horseshit. nt.