The United States believes the Islamic State (IS) group will use crude chemical weapons as it attempts to stall the Iraqi-led assault on the city of Mosul, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing US officials.
Over 100 American troops are embedded with forces conducting the Mosul offensive, which involves some 18,000 Iraqi soldiers and around 10,000 Kurdish Peshmerga, pitted against an estimated 5,000 IS fighters.
The report followed a warning from international aid groups, including the Red Cross, that they were preparing for the possible use of chemical weapons.
The Pentagon said last month that IS is "dead set" on using chemical weapons, not long after a shell that may have contained a mustard agent was fired on a joint US-Iraqi military base.
[i24news.tv]
19/10/16
Over 100 American troops are embedded with forces conducting the Mosul offensive, which involves some 18,000 Iraqi soldiers and around 10,000 Kurdish Peshmerga, pitted against an estimated 5,000 IS fighters.
The report followed a warning from international aid groups, including the Red Cross, that they were preparing for the possible use of chemical weapons.
The Pentagon said last month that IS is "dead set" on using chemical weapons, not long after a shell that may have contained a mustard agent was fired on a joint US-Iraqi military base.
[i24news.tv]
19/10/16
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