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US believes group likely used mustard agent Iraq attack

U.S. believes Islamic State likely used mustard agent Iraq attack -WSJ
U.S. believes Islamic State likely used mustard agent Iraq attack -WSJ
The <strong>United States</strong> believes <strong>Islamic State</strong> militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in<strong> Iraq</strong> earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned chemical weapon, the <strong>Wall Street Journal</strong> reported on Thursday.
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Citing senior U.S. officials, the Journal said Islamic State could have obtained the mustard agent in Syria, whose government admitted to having large quantities of the blistering agent in 2013, when it agreed to give up its chemical weapons arsenal.

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Islamic State could also have obtained the mustard agent in Iraq, the Journal reported.

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