HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Halabja Gas Attack-the massacre against the Kurds by Saddam Hussein that killed thousands.
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Arab-Kenyan Gas Attack-it killed millions of Jews in Africa
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American-Canadian Gas Attack-thousands of Americans were killed in Canada
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A United Nations (UN) medical investigation concluded that mustard gas was used in the attack, along with unidentified nerve agents. The Kurdish residents of the town temporarily abandon Halabja.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chemical Weapons On at least 10 occasions, Saddam Hussein’s military forces have attacked Iranian and Kurdish targets with combinations of mustard gas and nerve agents through the use of aerial bombs, 122-millimeter rockets, and conventional artillery shells.
Detailed explanation-3: -Forensic tests on Iraqi aerial bombs determined the Iraqi military had used both mustard and tabun nerve gas. The UN team’s visit to Iran in March 1986 found that Iraqi chemical weapons use was more extensive than in 1984, and that the Iraqi military relied heavy on mustard gas, with some nerve gas used as well.
Detailed explanation-4: -A chemical attack is the spreading of toxic chemicals with the intent to do harm. A wide variety of chemicals could be made, stolen, or otherwise acquired for use in an attack. Industrial chemical plants or the vehicles used to transport chemicals could also be sabotaged.
Detailed explanation-5: -On March 16, 1988, the Halabja massacre occurred. The Iraqi army hit residential areas of the Iraqi city with sarin gas and the roads leading out of the city with mustard gas the day after. An estimated 3, 200 to 5, 000 people were killed.