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salim -> Chlorine bombs in mesopotamia (5/16/2007 6:33:09 AM)
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I am from Diyala But this is not why I make this post. I am worryed that this new bombs will start to be normal in Iraq. Bush said Iraq have no WMD but we do. this is a big problem as Iraq have many weapons of this type. This bombs is easy to build and the raw material is easy to find in Iraq. I pray to Alah that this is not going to be a new system of atacks for our country.
'Chlorine bomb' hits Iraq village
Twenty people have been killed and 50 injured in a suspected chlorine bomb in Iraq's Diyala province, police say.
The attack happened in an open-air market in the village of Abu Sayda at about 2000 (1600 GMT) on Tuesday. A police spokesman in the provincial capital Baquba said doctors at a local hospital believed the nature of victims' burns suggested poison gas.
Use of chlorine bombs has become more common since the start of the year, says a BBC correspondent in Baghdad. Last month a bomb using chlorine and high explosive killed 35 people in Ramadi, west of the capital. Chlorine - widely used as a cleaner and purifier in areas of poor water sanitation - is easy to obtain in Iraq. Chlorine gas burns the skin on contact and can be fatal after a few breaths.
In February the United States military reported finding a bomb factory near Falluja, where chlorine car bombs were being constructed.
Diyala province - with its mixed Shia and Sunni Muslim population - has been the scene of frequent violence of a sectarian nature as well as attacks by anti-US insurgents.
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