Islamic State may have used chemical weapon on US, Iraqi troops

Islamic State forces fired a shell that may have contained a chemical agent onto a military base in northern Iraq on Tuesday while USA and Iraqi troops were present, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing several us officials.

No one was hurt in the attack on the base, which is home to several hundred United States soldiers.

ISIS is known to have recently used chemical weapons against Kurdish villages in Syria.

Last year, 13 teenagers in Mosul were executed for using a television to watch an Asian Cup football match between Iraq and Jordan.

Jihadis have been digging a two metre trench around the city in preparation for an all-out attack by the coalition.

A Pentagon official told reporters that a “tar-like black oily substance” was found on one of the shells that landed within the base, only hundreds of yards from US forces.

CNN is reporting this afternoon on an apparent chemical attack carried out by ISIS against American and Iraqi troops.

The jihadist group is suspected to have fired a mustard gas shell at the Qayarrah air base just south of Mosul, where USA and Iraqi troops are now operating.

USA troops tested it, showing an initial reading of the mustard chemical agent.

Mustard agent in sufficient quantities and concentration can maim or kill by damaging skin, eyes and airways.

However, a second test gave a negative reading for chemical agents.

The individuals who found it went through routine decontamination procedures, none have shown symptoms.