• The worst incident - which did not technically come under the Anfal operations - was in Halabja, where 5,000 civilian inhabitants are thought to have died in an aerial bombardment of mustard gas and nerve agents (sarin, tabun and VX). (bbc.co.uk)
  • These included nerve agents, such as sarin and tabun, that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs, as well as blister agents like mustard gas, which cause severe irritation to the skin, eyes, and lungs. (iflscience.com)
  • Sarin is more easily synthesized and more volatile than chemical warfare agents Tabun (GA), Soman (GD), Cyclosarin (GF), VX, Sulfur Mustard (HD), and Lewisite. (cdc.gov)
  • Types of agents include Sarin, VX, mustard and chlorine gas. (finchannel.com)
  • In WWI the major WMD's were mustard gas and chlorine gas. (conservativetruth.org)
  • If converted into lethal gas and used to kill people, chlorine and ammonia would fall within this broad definition. (newsblaze.com)
  • On April 11th, 2014 the regime began a campaign of chlorine gas attacks by dropping barrel bombs in Kafer Zeta - Hama Province. (newsblaze.com)
  • The physician reported that their conditions were exacerbated by the chlorine gas and lead to their death. (newsblaze.com)
  • On April 21st more than 200 citizens in Telminnes, between Ma'arat al Mu'man and Jarjanaz, suffered side effects from the inhalation of chlorine gas causing burns to respiratory passages, burning eyes and breathing difficulties. (newsblaze.com)
  • I am going to assume that Assad used chlorine gas, and perhaps sarin, in attacking the rebel-held town of Douma. (quadrant.org.au)
  • Further samples of hair and soil suspected of containing the nerve agent sarin and to have been used in an attack near the city of Aleppo 13 days ago are said to have been also passed to scientists. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Syria is believed to possess around 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, including mustard gas and the nerve agent sarin. (nnbw.com)
  • However, sources indicate that M16 was planning to produce several CW agents including sulfur mustard, nitrogen mustard, and Sarin. (rightwingnews.com)
  • The inquiry also found that ISIS used sulfur mustard gas in an attack on areas held by armed opposition groups in August 2015. (hrw.org)
  • According to US and French intelligence, the Assad regime may have 1,000 metric tons of various chemical agents and nerve gases, including sulfur, mustard gas, and components used to make sarin and VX. (theverge.com)
  • 1993. Sulfur mustard inhalation induced respiratory lesions in guinea pigs: Physiological, biochemical and histological study. (cdc.gov)
  • 1998. Protection by extracellular glutathione against sulfur mustard induced toxicity in vitro. (cdc.gov)
  • 1997. Biochemical alterations in rat lung lavage fluid following acute sulfur mustard inhalation. (cdc.gov)
  • 1996. Pathologic changes in rat lungs following acute sulfur mustard inhalation. (cdc.gov)
  • Study of some toxic effects of sulfur mustard gas on broiler chickens. (cdc.gov)
  • Experimental sulfur mustard gas poisoning and protective effect of different medicines in rats and rabbits. (cdc.gov)
  • 1946. Systemic pharmacology and pathology of sulfur and nitrogen mustards. (cdc.gov)
  • 1999. Response of normal human keratinocytes to sulfur mustard (HD): Cytokine release using a non-enzymatic detachment procedure. (cdc.gov)
  • with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirming it held almost 40,000 metric tons of chemical agents, including VX nerve gas, sarin, soman, mustard gas and phosgene. (finchannel.com)
  • The regulations and inspection regimes focus on certain types of chemicals owned by states in large quantities - both chemical weapons, such as sarin and mustard gas, and the chemicals, including phosgene (carbonyl dichloride) and thionyl chloride, that are used to prepare them. (nature.com)
  • Suitable for polluted places with such toxic gases as mustard gas, phosgene, sarin,etc. (asia.ru)
  • Product Name: Chemical SuitPlace of Origin: ChinaSuitable for polluted places with such toxic gases as mustard gas, phosgene, sarin,etc. (asia.ru)
  • chemical and biological weapons including sarin- and cyclosarin nerve gas and possibly mustard gas and soman mixes, 6. (drexel.edu)
  • The following day, Iraqi fighter planes circled above the area for five hours, releasing toxic gases including sarin and mustard gas. (gulftoday.ae)
  • Kinzer gives evidence of the continuation of a Nazi agenda, citing the CIA's secret recruitment of Nazi torturers and vivisectionists to continue experimenting on thousands of subjects, and Nazis were brought to Fort Detrick , Maryland , to instruct CIA officers on the lethal uses of sarin gas. (wikipedia.org)
  • The blast spread lethal chemical agents, including mustard gas, VX gas and sarin nerve gas, which are considered extremely toxic and are banned for use according to international treaties. (ynetnews.com)
  • Sarin is a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor with a mechanism of toxicity similar to organophosphate insecticides, though it is much more toxic. (cdc.gov)
  • The reporting also stated that Iraq has provided training to al Qaeda members in the areas of poisons and gases and making conventional bombs. (rightwingnews.com)
  • But suddenly, in March, after the uprising to remove him from power began, OPCW reported that Libya had 11.25 tonnes of illicit mustard gas, although all 3,563 munitions - such as bombs, shells and missiles - able to deliver mustard gas had been destroyed. (debka.com)
  • Just as the Belgian city of Ieper - where the German Imperial Army introduced the first gas attacks during World War I - is indelibly linked to its chemical past, Halabja stands as an international symbol for the many chemical attacks during the 1980 to 1988 Iran-Iraq war and the genocidal campaigns that Iraq conducted then against its Kurdish minority. (thebulletin.org)
  • Halabja: Hundreds of Kurds gathered in the Iraqi town of Halabja on Saturday in a tearful ceremony commemorating Saddam Hussein's poison gas attack there which killed some 5,000 people, mostly women and children. (gulftoday.ae)
  • As for chemical weapons - the casus belli for the current drums of war - in a matter of hours on March 16, 1988, Saddam Hussein slaughtered roughly 5,000 Kurdish civilians in Halabja with mustard, sarin and VX gas. (anncoulter.com)
  • No one with whom I've spoken doubts the intelligence' directly linking Assad and his regime to the sarin attacks. (lrb.co.uk)
  • And they say countries facing terror threats must prepare to deal with attacks with chemical weapons such as sarin or mustard gas, and attacks targeted at 'iconic victims' such as children or emergency care responders. (smh.com.au)
  • Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant begins destruction of mustard munitions. (cdc.gov)
  • A US intelligence report made public Wednesday said 500 "munitions weapons" of mustard or sarin gas had been found since 2003, all apparently of pre-1991 vintage. (csmonitor.com)
  • The crumbling regime of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad controls one of the largest chemical-weapons programs on earth, including mustard gas, sarin and VX nerve agent. (fraserinstitute.org)
  • Apparently, their limited goal is to deter Assad from gassing his, so-called, own people. (quadrant.org.au)
  • It would be different if instead of killing a few hundred civilians, Assad had killed 5,000 civilians with poison gas in a single day, as well as tens of thousands more with chemical weapons in the past few decades. (anncoulter.com)
  • Intelligence gleaned by both the UK and US indicated there is evidence that Assad's forces had used the weapons and in particular sarin, officials said. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • In his nationally televised speech about Syria on 10 September, Obama laid the blame for the nerve gas attack on the rebel-held suburb of Eastern Ghouta firmly on Assad's government, and made it clear he was prepared to back up his earlier public warnings that any use of chemical weapons would cross a 'red line': 'Assad's government gassed to death over a thousand people,' he said. (lrb.co.uk)
  • He cited a list of what appeared to be hard-won evidence of Assad's culpability: 'In the days leading up to August 21st, we know that Assad's chemical weapons personnel prepared for an attack near an area where they mix sarin gas. (lrb.co.uk)
  • Porous, permeable, organic, or polymeric materials such as carpets and vinyl tiles can accumulate Sarin vapors and liquids, acting as "sinks," thereby prolonging persistence. (cdc.gov)
  • And I think that there's a tremendous difference and impact when many people in Washington talk about Saddam Hussein having 30,000 warheads, having 30,000 liters of biological weapons, including anthrax and VX, mustard gas, sarin gas. (archives.gov)
  • No one is certain exactly how big it is, as North Korea isn't exactly forthcoming with information, but according to testimonies from defectors, they are believed to have more than 5,000 tons of chemical weapons, including mustard gas, sarin and other nerve agents, as well as biological threats including anthrax, cholera, bubonic plague and smallpox. (arizona.edu)
  • often incorrectly called tear gas) are dispersed as solid aerosols or as solutions (Note: The US military does not consider riot-control agents to be chemical warfare agents. (msdmanuals.com)
  • 1947. Medical report of the Bari Harbor mustard casualties. (cdc.gov)
  • Sarin can react violently with strong oxidizers and may decompose when in contact with metals, producing highly flammable hydrogen gas. (cdc.gov)
  • In a 2013 resolution approved after a Sarin chemical attack in the Ghouta suburbs of Damascus killed hundreds of civilians, the Security Council agreed to impose measures under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter if chemical weapons were used in Syria. (hrw.org)
  • These reports, if true, are deeply concerning and reflective of concerns that we have had about Russia's potential to use a variety of riot control agents, including tear gas mixed with chemical agents, in Ukraine. (finchannel.com)
  • They had also developed nerve agents such as Sarin but did not deploy them on the battlefield. (conservativetruth.org)
  • Of course, the group's most challenging task is yet to come: finding a way to destroy the volatile chemical agents used as components in mustard and sarin gas. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Directly to the east of the valley is an incinerator where approximately 43 percent of America's chemical weapons, nerve agents, Sarin, mustard gas, that sort of thing, 43 percent of those weapons are being incinerated in a 24-hour, 365-day a year operation. (loe.org)
  • Human Rights Watch recorded more than 3,200 immediate fatalities , with many more Kurdish citizens exposed to clouds of poisonous gas. (thebulletin.org)
  • On March 16, 1988, Saddam's forces unleashed a cocktail of deadly gases on the northern farming community, captured a day before by Kurdish fighters who had sided with nearby Iran in the countries' eight-year war. (gulftoday.ae)
  • 1998. Protection of human upper respiratory tract cell lines against sulphur mustard toxicity by hexamethylenetetramine (HMT). (cdc.gov)
  • The evil powers of the world will mass kill many using gas and germ warfare, much of which was developed in WW1 and WW2, but recently used by Syria and others including terrorist groups. (raptureready.com)
  • Chemical weapons, like mustard gas and sarin, are weapons that use toxic substances to harm human health. (cdc.gov)
  • Chemical weapons like mustard gas and sarin were developed as a deterrent against use of similar weapons by other countries. (cdc.gov)
  • Asked if sites containing chemical weapons including over 10 tons of mustard gas were safe, Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said: 'Yes. (debka.com)
  • 1. Official American and British reports of the past seven years determined that Muammar Qaddafi was left without a single gram of mustard gas or container of nerve gas after he surrendered his nuclear, chemical and biological weapon stocks in December 2003 and Libya joined the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in 2004. (debka.com)
  • The United States had just started production of then-new binary artillery shells that would, when fired, deliver the nerve gas sarin. (thebulletin.org)
  • In WWII the Germans used poison gas to murder one million Jews in concentration camps. (conservativetruth.org)
  • That's to say nothing of the tens of thousands of Iranians Saddam killed with poison gas. (anncoulter.com)
  • According to the report by the British magazine, the explosion occurred early in the morning on July 26, in a factory in the city of Halab, as the officers were attempting to mount a chemical warhead with mustard gas on a Scud-C missile. (ynetnews.com)
  • It dropped mustard gas and sarin on rebel areas, with heavy loss of civilian life, as early as April 1987 - according to Human Rights Watch. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The ministry said in a statement issued June 1 that "a special military force raided two sarin and mustard gas plants after they had been under surveillance for around three months," noting that the first plant was in Baghdad and the second in one of the provinces. (al-monitor.com)
  • Meanwhile, Iraqi police freed 17 of the more than 30 people kidnaped Wednesday en route home from the factory where they worked. (csmonitor.com)
  • In their recent announcement, the DOD added that the final sarin nerve agent-filled M55 rocket was destroyed on July 7 at the Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky. (iflscience.com)
  • oleifera D.C.) and Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata A. Braun) are promising industrial crops for cultivation in the Southern Mediterranean area due to profitable yields under semi-arid conditions. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1942. The effect of mustard gas vapour on eyes under Indian hot weather conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • Most significant, he failed to acknowledge something known to the US intelligence community: that the Syrian army is not the only party in the country's civil war with access to sarin, the nerve agent that a UN study concluded - without assessing responsibility - had been used in the rocket attack. (lrb.co.uk)
  • In the months before the attack, the American intelligence agencies produced a series of highly classified reports, culminating in a formal Operations Order - a planning document that precedes a ground invasion - citing evidence that the al-Nusra Front, a jihadi group affiliated with al-Qaida, had mastered the mechanics of creating sarin and was capable of manufacturing it in quantity. (lrb.co.uk)
  • While Kuwait was liberated at the end of February, bombing continued for several weeks and explosives in hundreds of Kuwait's oil wells produced gases and smoke for months. (drexel.edu)