September 15, 2005
Claim: Second Report of Chemical Attack in Iraq
For the second time in a week, a terror organization has claimed to have used chemical weapons in Iraq. The Islamic Army in Iraq issued a statement yesterday claiming that it had launched ten 120mm mortar rounds loaded with chemicals against U.S. and Iraqi troops stationed in al-Madain.
A translation of the communique can be seen here, via Evan Kohlmann.
On Sept. 13th the Victorious Army Group in Iraq issued a statement claiming that it had used chemical weapons in Baghdad, including against American troops in the Green Zone (story and background here). There has been no confirmation of those reports.
The Islamic Army in Iraq (IAI) has been associated with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq in the past. The IAI stated that the chemical weapons were used to support Zarqawi's losing battle in Tel Afar. However, Zarqawi's group disclaimed any association to the earlier attack by The Victorious Army Group (or Sect, as he translates it) on the Green Zone with chemical weapons.
Terrorism expert Evan Kohlmann passes on information that The Victorious Army Group is rumored to be made of ex-Fedayeen Saddam and Iraqi intelligence personnel.
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But Rusty I thought there were no Chemical shells left in Iraq cept that one leftover thing that wound up in an IED.
Posted by: Howie at September 15, 2005 06:37 PM (D3+20)
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Any more info on this? I see nothing in Google or Yahoo.
Posted by: ahem at September 15, 2005 07:56 PM (FgDX0)
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"I see nothing in Google or Yahoo."
Yeah, funny that, almost as if the MINITRU has decided that it doesn't need to exist.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 15, 2005 08:30 PM (0yYS2)
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This reminds me of a statment from a couple months
back which at the time made me wonder if they
might have something up their sleeve
"If you continue the same policy of aggression against Muslims, God willing, you will see horror that will makey you forget what you saw in Vietnam. ... If you don't leave today, then you shall inevitably leave tomorrow but after scores of thousands of fatalities and double that number of disabled and wounded people. " Ayman al-Zawahiri 8/4/2005
Posted by: mike at September 15, 2005 11:54 PM (pLjdw)
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What....more poo finger?
Posted by: Filthy Allah at September 16, 2005 05:30 AM (bikuR)
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They don't have anything up their sleeve that we can't deal with. Arabs are just impotent blowhards who are totally incompetent at war whose best tactic is to blow themselves up. Just think, they outnumbered the Israelis, had them outgunned, and in three different wars, consistently lost. The worst they can do is to cause a few casualties and hamper trade, but ultimately, they are inconsequential, and in a hundred years, they will have destroyed themselves or become Westernized.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 16, 2005 09:57 AM (0yYS2)
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