RAMADI, Iraq - A tanker laden with chlorine gas exploded near a restaurant west of the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Monday, killing up to six people and wounding 10, police and hospital sources said. The blast took place inside an area that houses restaurants, shops and cafes some 35 km (20 miles) west of Ramadi on a major road.
Ali Mohammed al-Hiti, a doctor at the nearby city of Hit, said his hospital had received six bodies and 10 sick people suffering from burns and breathing problems caused by the chlorine. A police source in Ramadi said the blast killed four people and wounded six.
Insurgents have increasingly used chlorine gas bombs, mostly in the western province of Anbar. Ramadi is the capital of Anbar. The effects of the gas have sickened hundreds of people.
| And once again, the MSM has largely ignored the documented evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Iraq. |
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