Iraqi Terrorist Group Claims Chemical Weapons Attack

Jaish al-Taefa al-Mansura, an al-Qaeda-linked Sunni group in Iraq, said in a posting on an Islamic Web site that it used chemical weapons yesterday in Baghdad, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Aug. 10).

The group claimed it fired shells filled with chemical agents at the Iraqi foreign and interior ministries, the “green zone” and the Baghdad security academy. The type of chemical agent was not specified in the posting, according to AFP.

The authenticity of the claim could not be verified. The group said ambulances evacuated casualties from the attack.

The group had previously threatened to use chemical weapons against “occupation” and Iraqi security forces if attacks against rebels in the northern town of Tal Afar did not stop (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, Sept. 13).

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