Chemical security
We cannot simply leave the Kurds to get gassed
In the last two weeks the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq have been attacked eight times with mustard gas, causing over 200 causalities.These attacks are well documented, but somewhat lost in the media noise around the Syrian ceasefire and Brexit. The Russian foreign secretary, Sergei Lavrov, spoke about them yesterday in Geneva, and I agree with him that the chemical weapons threat from Isil is not only in Iraq but could manifest itself as a global threat if not directly targeted now. With a major offensive against Isil in Mosul about to begin, it is highly possible that it will unleash its range of chemical and radiological weapons (that is, disrty bombs), against the coalition assault, which is likely to be lead on the ground by the Peshmerga.
In the last two weeks the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq have been attacked eight times with mustard gas, causing over 200 causalities.These attacks are well documented, but somewhat lost in the media noise around the Syrian ceasefire and Brexit. The Russian foreign secretary, Sergei Lavrov, spoke about them yesterday in Geneva, and I agree with him that the chemical weapons threat from Isil is not only in Iraq but could manifest itself as a global threat if not directly targeted now. With a major offensive against Isil in Mosul about to begin, it is highly possible that it will unleash its range of chemical and radiological weapons (that is, disrty bombs), against the coalition assault, which is likely to be lead on the ground by the Peshmerga.
No comments:
Post a Comment