AL MUTHANNA, Iraq, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The New York Times has confirmed fears that the Islamic State now controls a Saddam-era chemical weapons facility believed to containing active weaponry in Al Muthanna, Iraq.
First reported by the Huffington Post and later confirmed by the New York Times, the terrorist group's newly acquired arms came to international attention after a report released by the Israel-based Global Research in International Affairs Center suggested there was strong evidence Islamic State militants used the weapons against Kurdish soldiers in Syria after seizing them in June.
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