ISIS is Bringing Mustard Gas Back from the Dead

ISIS detainee confesses the group’s plan to use mustard gas in an interrogation.

     Sleiman Daoud al-Afari is a “ a chemical and biological weapons expert who once worked for Saddam Hussein’s Military Industrialization Authority.” Says the Washington Post. He is an important Islamic State Operative who was captured a month ago by commandos in an elite American Special Operations force. While being interrogated he provided information on how ISIS is using mustard gas as a weapon, they are effectively carrying their plans by converting the substance into powder and loading it into artillery shells. An official explained that the substance was not highly concentrated enough to kill people, but it could injure them severely. According to the Washington Post “Defense Department officials notified the International Committee of the Red Cross, which monitors the treatment of detainees, that they were holding an Islamic State fighter, as stated by protocol.” The Red Cross confirmed that they visited the detainee on Tuesday, but gave no further information about the subject.