To spray poison gas they used heavy weapons.
The militants of the terrorist group “Islamic state” has used chemical weapons during attacks on Kurdish paramilitary forces (Peshmerga) to the Iraqi Kurdistan, has injured 14 people.
According to the commander of land Gwen-Makhmour Sirvan Barzani, the militants attacked on Saturday night, spraying poison gas they used heavy weapons.
“The condition of the victims of military “Peshmerga” stable. After a counterattack carried out by the Kurdish forces, the situation in the combat area was stabilized”, — quotes Agency the statement by Barzani.
Earlier it was reported that on 9 may the militants of the “Islamic state” has used chemical weapons during the fighting in Iraqi Kurdistan. The press has also reported that ISIS started the production of shells with chlorine, and other chemical weapons on the basis of laboratories of the University of Mosul.
Iraqi Kurdistan — autonomy in Northern Iraq, which received its status in the 90-ies. Autonomy has its own government, Parliament and President, as well as the armed forces — the “Peshmerga” a total population of about 120 thousand people. In Iraqi Kurdistan, traditionally strong two political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Democratic forces of Kurdistan, the contradictions between which resulted in the 1994-98 years in the civil war. Unofficially, all the battalions of Peshmerga is still divided into belonging to a particular party, although they have a unified command. In 2014, the Peshmerga successfully leads a bloody battle against ISIS.
