{"id":64753,"date":"2016-03-09T18:12:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T23:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=64753"},"modified":"2016-03-09T18:12:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T23:12:04","slug":"isis-chemical-weapons-chief-captured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=64753","title":{"rendered":"ISIS Chemical weapons chief captured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News <\/a>reports that Sleiman Daoud al-Afari, a fifty-year-old left over from Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapon program, has been captured by Delta Force raiders on an operation in Al-Tafar where he was overseeing the development of chemical weapons for ISIS;<\/p>\n

He told U.S. interrogators ISIS had converted banned mustard gas into powdered form to launch in artillery shells.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The weaponized mustard gas that ISIS has developed would not be concentrated enough to kill, but could badly wound its victims, a defense official told The Times.<\/p>\n

An initial assessment of the U.S. airstrike conducted in Syria last week showed that it likely killed commander Omar al-Shishani, also known as Omar the Chechen, along with 12 additional ISIS fighters, officials added.<\/p>\n

Beyond intelligence value, the capture in Iraq could strike a blow to what Iraqi and American officials have described as a determined effort by the Islamic State group to develop chemical weapons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the New York Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Mr. al-Afari was captured last month, shortly after the arrival in Iraq of a new Special Operations force that is made up primarily of Delta Force commandos. They are the first major American combat force on the ground there since the United States pulled out of the country at the end of 2011.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wait…Saddam Hussein had a chemical weapons program? How was that possible?<\/p>\n

It was unclear how the Islamic State obtained sulfur mustard, a banned substance with a narrow chemical warfare application. Both the former government in Iraq and the current government in Syria previously possessed chemical warfare programs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next thing you know, we’ll be reading about al-Afari being deposited in Guantanamo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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