Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
Training Support Package
Participant Guide
Slide 36
Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism:
TICs & TIMs
Chlorine Gas Attack by Truck Bomber
Kills Up to 30 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, April 6 (NY Times) — A
suicide truck bomb loaded with
chlorine gas exploded in Ramadi
on Friday, killing as many as 30
people, many of them children, a
security official said.
The explosion burned victims ’ lungs,
eyes and skin. Dr. Ali Abdullah
Saleh, of the main Ramadi
hospital, said 30 people had been
admitted with shrapnel wounds
and 15 had been sent to a second
hospital in the city. He said 50
people had been admitted for
breathing problems .
Module One – Toxic Industrial Gases as Terrorist Threats
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Actual terrorist uses of chlorine have occurred during the Iraqi War. In Iraq in 2007,
terrorist groups began to use suicidal truck bombs loaded with chlorine. Since this time
chlorine canisters have been incorporated into several improvised explosive device
(IED) bombings.
The news photograph shows the remains of the car bomb. The narrative describes the
water-soluble irritant symptoms experienced by the victims. There were as many people
injured by the chlorine gas as there were by shrapnel.
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