ISIS Makes Use Of Chemical Weapons

ISIS Makes Use Of Chemical Weapons

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The barbaric way of ISIS knows no boundaries. After they seem to have found every possible mortifying way to execute their prisoners, until it seems the world has become immuned, the blood thirsty organization has once again grown more radical in combat. Evidence point out that ISIS has started to make use of chemical weapons againt Kurdish fighters and citizens in Syria and Iraq in three different instances last month. James Bevan, head of the  Conflict Armament Research, says that this is only an initial experiment that the organization is conducting with chemical weapons, since these are the very first evidence of such use.

Experts claims that this is no local initiative by a local commander, but an organizational command by ISIS, since evidence point out the chemical weapons were being used in two different areas, far apart – The Mosul dam and Tel Brak county.

This signals the radicalization of the Sunni organization in operation and efficiency, using chemical wepaons as means for attacks. While Bevan points out that these weapons were used using missiles carrying chemical substances, there has been prior use of explosives, such as barrels containing explosives. Even in ISIS’s past life as al-qaeda in iraq, there were explosive cars with chemical substances in them being used.

Will the world, due to latest developments, react more forcefully in order to crush the Al-Baghdadi’s chaliphate to the ground? It’s unclear. When Obama and rest of the western states toyed with reactions to Assad’s regime, it was then claimed that there’s no desire to intervene but a use of chemical weapons on the side the Syrian army will cause massive and uncompromising intervention by the U.S. and its allies. The American president has also declared several times that this is a red line for him but as clear evidence showed that Assad has, indeed, attacked using chemical weapons, the world stood by. Well, except for moving large forces into the area as part of the American toying around with thoughts of proper reaction.

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