Second chlorine bomb stokes fears in Iraq
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The U.S. military said on Thursday a second bomb in two days using chlorine gas may have been a copycat attack amid concerns insurgents were broadening their range of weaponry to include crude chemical bombs.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 21 -- A tank truck carrying chlorine exploded in western Baghdad on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding at least 25 in the second such attack in as many days, according to a spokesman for Iraq's Interior Ministry.
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Iraqi insurgents have added poisonous chlorine gas to their armory and two bombs using the chemical have killed 12 and injured 200 in a week.
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U.S. warplanes attacked targets in Iraq's Sunni Muslim city of Falluja for a second time on Friday, witnesses said.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 25 -- Two bombs in separate Iraqi cities ripped through crowds of people Tuesday, causing some of the worst carnage in the country in recent weeks and revealing that -- despite the relative calm of recent months -- insurgent groups remain capable of devastating attacks.
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The US military didn&#39;t immediately tighten security across Iraq on Thursday in the aftermath of an apparent suicide bombing, but security
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Two explosions echoed across the Iraqi capital Sunday. It was not immediately clear what caused the late afternoon blasts.
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Fears of civil war in ethnically divided Iraq have again been voiced after the twin attacks on Shia cities Karbala and Najaf on Sunday.
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THERE were fresh fears over petrol prices today after saboteurs attacked a number of pipelines in southern Iraq. The latest attacks add further pressure on petrol companies to raise prices at the pumps in order to protect their investment.
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The invasion of Iraq was prompted by supposed stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons along with the possibility of a nuclear threat.
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BAGHDAD -- The US military warned yesterday that insurgents are adopting new tactics in a campaign to spread panic after troops uncovered a car bomb factory with propane tanks and chlorine cylinders -- possible ingredients for more chemical attacks following three explosions involving chlorine.
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Iraqi insurgents may be turning to chemical attacks, the US says following three bombs involving chlorine.
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A bomb destroyed a truck carrying chlorine north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least five people and spewing out toxic fumes that left nearly 140 others sick, Iraqi police said.
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U.S. officials were warned about the vulnerability of explosives stored at Iraq's Al-Qaqaa military installation after another facility &#151; the country's main nuclear complex &#151; was looted in April 2003, the U.N. nuclear agency said Thursday.
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Iraqi police and a community leader said a bomb blast near a soccer field in the city of Ramadi on Tuesday killed 18 people, mostly children, but the U.S. military said it was unaware of such an attack.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 24 -- Authorities in Iraq on Thursday more than doubled the death toll from a Wednesday explosion that demolished a three-story building in the northern city of Mosul, as a second bombing at the same site killed the regional police commander.
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A bomb destroyed a truck carrying chlorine north of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing five people and spewing out toxic fumes that sickened nearly 140 others in an apparent dirty-bomb attack, Iraqi police said.