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“ISIS may be testing chemical weapons as terror group

rapidly expands, reports !ox "ews.

In Uncategorized on January #$, %&# at ()$% pm 

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ashington, D.C.) — In a chiing stor! that see"s ri##ed $ro" the #ages o$  The Third Target  andThe First Hostage, Fo% &e's is re#orting that there is gro'ing evidence that ISIS ise%#eri"enting 'ith che"ica 'ea#ons, and that the nu"ber o$ $oreign $ighters *has+ hit a ne'

high.

ast !ear, -ust /,/// $oreign $ighters 'ere o#erating as #art o$ the ISIS shoc0 troo#s, Fo%

re#orts. &o' that nu"ber has s0!roc0eted to 12,///, and the! co"e $ro" 3/ countries.

For"er de#ut! CIA director 4i0e 4orre, testi$!ing be$ore Congress on ISIS5s deveo#"ent o$che"ica 'ea#ons ca#abiities, 'arned that Abu 6a0r a76aghdadi and the eaders o$ ISIS have

"ade t'o things ver! cear #ubic! in docu"ents that have co"e out. 8ne is that i$ the! ac9uire

these 'ea#ons the! 'oud use and the! 'oudn5t care that the vast "a-orit! o$ those 0ied 'ereciviians. and the! have aso #rovided a reigious -usti$ication ver! si"iar to A :aeda5s, in $act I

thin0 it is identica to A :aeda5s -usti$ication $or using such 'ea#ons.

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;his is not the $irst re#ort o$ ISIS #ursuing che"ica 'ea#ons. I $irst cited a spate o* news

stories about this ast August.

It shoud not be sur#rising that the Isa"ic State is #ursuing the deveo#"ent and de#o!"ent o$che"ica 'ea#ons. Its eaders and "e"bers have a#oca!#tic, genocida a"bitions. ;he! 'ant to

$ind 'a!s to 0i arger and arger nu"bers o$ in$ides. ;he! 'ant to bring about the end o$ the'ord as 'e 0no' it, and usher in the co"ing o$ the their "essiah 0no'n as the 4ahdi, a to

 buid a goba Isa"ic 0ingdo" or cai#hate. ;heir $ervenc! and urgenc! and their barbaricsavager! is 'hat is attracting so "an! $oreign $ighters.

;his is the ver! #re"ise o$ "! atest series o$ #oitica thriers. Un$ortunate!, 'hat I5ve 'ritten

about as $iction is not $iction at a — it5s the ISIS ga"e #an and it is e%tre"e!dangerous. <resident 8ba"a and the #residentia $ront7runners give no evidence that the!

understand the threat o$ A#oca!#tic Isa". 6ut it5s ti"e to ta0e their heads out o$ the #roverbia

sand. ;he threat is rea, and it5s gro'ing.

+xcerpts *rom the !ox "ews report=

• ;here is gro'ing evidence that ISIS is e%#eri"enting 'ith che"ica 'ea#ons as the

nu"ber o$ $oreign $ighters hits a ne' high, according to current and $or"er govern"ent

o$$icias.

• <hotos ta0en b! the >urds in northern Ira9 ast su""er and $a and revie'ed b! Fo%

 &e's sho' burns and bistering on the s0in that a source on the ground there said are

consistent 'ith the use o$ che"ica agents. ;he agents 'ere described as odoress,cooress and absorbed through the cothing, causing burns or iness hours ater.

• I thin0 it5s, coud be a #er$ect testing ground, $or"er F6I inteigence o$$icer ;i"oth!?i Sr. said. ;he! (ISIS) 'ere #articuar! interested in using these che"icas incon$ined s#ace environ"ents, so$t targets i0e sho##ing "as and "ovie theaters.

• ?i 'ho is doing his o'n inde#endent research $or an u#co"ing internationa con$erence

on 'ea#ons o$ "ass destruction said there is a disturbing trend, that ISIS is using sa$e

havens in S!ria, Ira9 and #otentia! ib!a as aboratories to earn ho' che"ica agents

i"#act the batte$ied, 'ith the goa o$ sharing their e%#ertise via socia "edia 'ith ISIS$oo'ers outside the region.

• It5s enough to use in a crude 'ea#on that coud rea! #ush the #anic button, ?i

said. ;his no' #rovides an o##ortunit! to sa! @this is 'or0ing, 'e5re no' going to #ushthis out to an! #otentia one 'o$, one actor that "a! have a bac0ground in che"istr!.

• A doctor 'ho 'as in northern Ira9 ast !ear and as0ed not to be identi$ied $or securit!

reasons, said he treated >urdish $ighters 'ho" ISIS used as ab rats $or W4D, adding

that the variet! o$ burns and inesses over severa 'ee0s suggested to hi" that "ustard

gas, #recursors, as 'e as neuroto%ic acids 'ere being testedB.

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• Whie ISIS tries to broaden its use o$ unconventiona 'ea#onr!, the terror grou# aso has

 broadened its a##ea. A US inteigence o$$icia con$ir"s to Fo% &e's the nu"ber o$

$oreign $ighters has hit a ne' high — "ore than 12,/// $ro" 3/ countries since thecon$ict began in /33, incuding at east 2,2// $ro" Western countries.

• A !ear ago, at the 'ord'ide threat hearing on Ca#ito i, 'here the U.S. inteigenceco""unit! #ubic! #resented its goba vie' on terroris", the Director o$ &ationa

Inteigence, a"es Ca##er said that since the con$ict began, "ore than /,/// $oreign$ighters $ro" E/ countries had traveed to the region. A 0e! $igure is the nu"ber o$

countries a$$ected, 'ith the e%tre"ist ideoog! no' dra'ing $oo'ers $ro" 2/ #ercent o$ 

the 'ord5s nations.

• During congressiona testi"on! be$ore the ouse Ar"ed Services Co""ittee

Wednesda!, $or"er senior inteigence o$$icias said ISIS is e%#anding.

• ISIS has gained a$$iiates $aster than A :aeda ever did — $ro" nothing a !ear ago, there

are no' "iitant grou#s in near! / countries that have s'orn aegiance to ISIS,$or"er CIA de#ut! director 4i0e 4ore said. ;he! have conducted attac0s that have

aread! 0ied A"ericans.

• 8n the deveo#"ent o$ unconventiona 'ea#ons, 4ore added, ;he! have "ade t'o

things ver! cear #ubic! in docu"ents that have co"e out. 8ne is that i$ the! ac9uire

these 'ea#ons the! 'oud use and the! 'oudn5t care that the vast "a-orit! o$ those

0ied 'ere civiians. and the! have aso #rovided a reigious -usti$ication ver! si"iar toA :aeda5s, in $act I thin0 it is identica to A :aeda5s -usti$ication $or using such

'ea#ons.

• ;he S#ecia <residentia nvo! $or the ?oba Coaition to Counter ISI (ISIS) recent!

 brie$ed re#orters in Washington DC, e"#hasizing the overa trend ine is in the right

direction, #ointing to #rogress securing the ;ur0ish border to ste" the $o' o$ $oreign$ighters.

• ;his is a chaenge i0e 'e5ve never seen be$ore, 6rett 4c?ur0 said, ;he 'ord has

never seen so"ething i0e this, u#'ards o$ 1G,/// no' $oreign $ighters $ro" 3//countries a around the 'ord su#ercharged b! socia "edia and ;'itter and ever!thing.