U.S. Soldiers Exposed to Chlorine in Iraq

More than 60 U.S. soldiers became ill after being exposed to chlorine gas released yesterday by a car bomb in Iraq, the Los Angeles Times reported (see GSN, May 21).

The attack in the Diyala province came as 14 soldiers were killed in a series of strikes in and around Baghdad.

The 62 soldiers exposed to chlorine suffered dizziness and nausea, but all returned to duty yesterday.  There have been at least 10 attacks involving explosives and chlorine in the Al Anbar province.   The potentially deadly gas had apparently not been used in Diyala before Sunday’s attack, the Times reported (Zavis/Therolf, Los Angeles Times, June 4).

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