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  2. Iraqi chemical weapons program - Wikipedia

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    Other German firms sent 1,027 tons of precursors of mustard gas, sarin, tabun, and tear gasses in all. This work allowed Iraq to produce 150 tons of mustard agent and 60 tons of Tabun in 1983 and 1984 respectively, continuing throughout the decade. All told, 52% of Iraq's international chemical weapon equipment was of German origin.

  3. Exclusive: Watchdog to probe alleged mustard gas use by ... - AOL

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    Islamic State militants most likely used mustard gas, a banned chemical weapon, against Kurdish forces in Iraq. Exclusive: Watchdog to probe alleged mustard gas use by Islamic state Skip to main ...

  4. Iraq and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia

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    German firms sent 1,027 tons of precursors of mustard gas, sarin, tabun, and tear gasses in all. This work allowed Iraq to produce 150 tons of mustard agent and 60 tons of Tabun in 1983 and 1984 respectively, continuing throughout the decade.

  5. Alleged British use of chemical weapons in Mesopotamia in 1920

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    In India, a temporary Travelling Gas School was set up in September 1920, but the matter then lapsed. [citation needed] Britain had used gas weapons in the Middle East, most notably in the Second Battle of Gaza against Ottoman forces in World War I. On that occasion, the use of gas did not prevent a British military defeat.

  6. Dutch court orders company to compensate 5 Iranian victims of ...

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    A Dutch court on Wednesday ruled that a company must pay compensation to five Iranian victims of chemical weapons attacks by Iraq in the 1980s after the company did not show up in court to defend ...

  7. U.S. believes Islamic State likely used mustard agent in Iraq ...

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    The United States believes Islamic State militants likely used mustard agent in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week, the first indication the militant group has obtained a banned ...

  8. Muthana State Establishment - Wikipedia

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    German companies helped Iraq to build Muthana facilities such as laboratories, an administrative building, bunkers in the early 1980s. Other German companies provided Iraq with 1,027 tons of precursors of mustard gas, sarin, tabun, and tear gasses in all. This work allowed Iraq to produce 150 tons of mustard agent and 60 tons of tabun in 1983 ...

  9. Terror suspect in court accused of plotting mustard gas attack

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    A 20-year-old man has appeared in court accused of plotting a terrorist attack after he was allegedly caught with a recipe for mustard gas. Jordan Richardson, of Oliver Close, Howden, near Goole ...