ISIS suspected of mustard attack against US and Iraqi troops - Bakari Williams

Analysis: Earlier this week, a live shell thought to be containing a mustard-sulfur agent on the Qayyara air base which is serviced by both Iraqi and US troops. While no one  seems to have been injured or exposed to the agent but, as samples are being sent to labs to be tested for what they contain, there are many questions to be be asked. Although the the substance was described as “poorly weaponized” and “low purity” it is still a major concern that ISIS is moving to methods of chemical warfare to attack US and Iraqi troops. Since the use of chemical weapons was banned by the UN in all but about 5 countries after World War 1, the initiative to destroy all chemical weapon stashes around the world is a very high priority task on the members of the UN’s to-do list.

Synthesis: This attack can be tied to some English attacks on the Native Americans. There are stories of settlers bringing gifts to native americans like blankets and clothes were given to people of the village. What the natives didn’t know is the settlers “covered” the blankets with smallpox and other diseases so the villages would get very sick and slowly die off until the settlers could just walk in and take over the land that they owned. This could be be described as really the first use of bio-chemical warfare in history to be used.