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The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) launched Sunday its second chemical weapons attack against Iraqi soldiers in two days, sending pro-government forces to the hospital in an attempt to slow an offensive to oust the jihadists from their final stronghold of Mosul.
Six Iraqi soldiers were treated at a field clinic Sunday after being exposed to some sort of gas believed to be released by militants loyal to ISIS, Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, the Iraqi spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, told the Associated Press. While the type of poison used was still being investigated, the attack followed another apparent use of weaponized gas on Saturday when ISIS militants launched a rocket filled with what was believed to be chlorine at Iraqi military positions. Saturday's attack, which took place in the western neighborhood of Abar, injured seven soldiers, according to the Associated Press.
http://www.newsweek.com/isis-militants-chemical-weapons-attack-soldiers-iraq-585174?piano_t=1
Six Iraqi soldiers were treated at a field clinic Sunday after being exposed to some sort of gas believed to be released by militants loyal to ISIS, Brigadier General Yahya Rasool, the Iraqi spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, told the Associated Press. While the type of poison used was still being investigated, the attack followed another apparent use of weaponized gas on Saturday when ISIS militants launched a rocket filled with what was believed to be chlorine at Iraqi military positions. Saturday's attack, which took place in the western neighborhood of Abar, injured seven soldiers, according to the Associated Press.
http://www.newsweek.com/isis-militants-chemical-weapons-attack-soldiers-iraq-585174?piano_t=1