Second chlorine gas attack in Iraq
Three weeks ago, a suicide bomber in Iraq detonated a car bomb that had a tank of chlorine gas inside, killing sixteen. There were no casualties as a result of the poison gas.
However, a second attempt recently fared better.
A cloud of deadly toxic gas engulfed an Iraqi town Tuesday, killing six people and leaving dozens of others choking on fumes after a tanker carrying chlorine exploded outside a restaurant.
An Iraqi Interior Ministry officials said the blast in the town of Taji, 12 miles (20 km) north of Baghdad, was caused by a bomb on board the tanker.
There were contrasting figures on the casualty toll. Baghdad security plan spokesman Gen. Qassim Atta told state-run al-Iraqiya TV that five people died in the blast and 148 were poisoned by the gas.
It sounds as if someone is trying to perfect their technique. These things can be especially deadly when used against 'first responders' as a secondary explosion, rather than as an original event. Troubling, indeed.
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