söndag 5 mars 2017

Mosulin taisteluissa jälleen kemiallista kaasua käytetty

Al Jazeera kertoo seuraavaa:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/03/alleged-mosul-chemical-attack-amounts-war-crime-170304132854968.html
 Twelve people, including women and children, are being treated for possible exposure to chemical-weapons agents in Mosul, where ISIL is fighting off an offensive by US-backed Iraqi forces, according to the UN.

The UN said all 12 patients had been received since March 1 for treatment which they are undergoing in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish region, east of Mosul.
Four of them are showing "severe signs associated with exposure to a blister agent".
The patients were reportedly exposed to the chemical agents in the eastern side of Mosul.
Reporting from Erbil, Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker, who visited the hospital where the patients were being treated, said: "I saw a young boy, about eight or nine years old, and his entire body had burn marks, black and brown marks, all across his body.
"The manager of the hospital told us when these patients came in, the emanated a very strong odour, which is one of the side effects of being affected by these chemical gases."
The hospital manager was "certain that some form of chemical gas has been used", our correspondent said.
So far, no investigation into the use of chemical weapons has been launched.