ISIS are making and using chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq says US official as horrific pictures of Kurdish soldiers' injuries caused by mustard gas emerge 

  • US government is aware of ISIS using chemical weapons, official reveals
  • Militants believed to be making their own mustard agent in Syria and Iraq 
  • Injuries sustained by Kurdish fighters show hallmarks of chemical attacks
  • German officials took blood samples from Peshmerga proving they were exposed to poison gas
  • WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
By OLLIE GILLMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 00:32 EST, 11 September 2015 | UPDATED: 02:18 EST, 11 September 2015
ISIS terrorists are making and using chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq, US officials believe.
The government is aware of at least four occasions in both countries where militants have used mustard gas, according to a US security agent.
The news came as horrific images emerged of injuries sustained by Kurdish soldiers exposed to the toxic weapons while battling the barbaric Islamists.
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ISIS terrorists are making and using chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq, US officials believe. Pictured: Horrific injuries sustained by Kurdish soldiers believed to have been struck by poison gas
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ISIS terrorists are making and using chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq, US officials believe. Pictured: Horrific injuries sustained by Kurdish soldiers believed to have been struck by poison gas
Horrific images emerged of injuries sustained by Kurdish soldiers exposed to the toxic weapons while battling the barbaric Islamists
Horrific images emerged of injuries sustained by Kurdish soldiers exposed to the toxic weapons while battling the barbaric Islamists
ISIS are believed to have a small 'research cell' and are developing their own chemical weapons to use on Kurdish fighters, such as this soldier seen with burns on his back
ISIS are believed to have a small 'research cell' and are developing their own chemical weapons to use on Kurdish fighters, such as this soldier seen with burns on his back
German intelligence officials took blood samples from injured Peshmerga fighters which later showed that the soldiers had been attacked with poison gas
German intelligence officials took blood samples from injured Peshmerga fighters which later showed that the soldiers had been attacked with poison gas
The US source told the BBC that the mustard powder added to normal weapons, such as mortar rounds.
'We've seen them use it on at least four separate occasions on both sides of the border - both Iraq and Syria,' the official said. 
They added that ISIS are believed to have a small 'research cell' and are developing their own chemical weapons.
Meanwhile horrific photographs emerged showing burns and blisters sustained by Kurdish fighters believed to have been struck by the mustard powder.
According to Kurdish news website Rudaw, German intelligence officials took blood samples from injured Peshmerga fighters which later showed that the soldiers had been attacked with poison gas.
Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) chief Gerhard Schindler said: 'We have knowledge of ISIS using mustard gas against Kurds in North Iraq.
'We recovered injured Kurds and on the basis of blood samples we can confirm the use of poison gas.' 
Germany's Federal Intelligence Service chief Gerhard Schindler said: 'We have knowledge of ISIS using mustard gas against Kurds in North Iraq'
Germany's Federal Intelligence Service chief Gerhard Schindler said: 'We have knowledge of ISIS using mustard gas against Kurds in North Iraq'
Danger: A US source said the mustard powder was added to normal weapons, such as mortar rounds
Danger: A US source said the mustard powder was added to normal weapons, such as mortar rounds
The troubling revelation came as the United Nations Security Council authorized international observers to investigate who was responsible for chemical attacks in Syria
The troubling revelation came as the United Nations Security Council authorized international observers to investigate who was responsible for chemical attacks in Syria
ISIS (figher pictured), president Bashar Al-Assad's regime and rebels in Syria have all been blamed by each other for chemical attacks in the past
ISIS (figher pictured), president Bashar Al-Assad's regime and rebels in Syria have all been blamed by each other for chemical attacks in the past
The troubling revelation came as the United Nations Security Council authorized international observers to investigate who was responsible for chemical attacks in Syria.
The groundbreaking move by the UN and the global chemical weapons watchdog, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, means officials will be able to blame a side, where as previously they could not.
ISIS, president Bashar Al-Assad's regime and rebels in Syria have all been blamed by each other for attacks in the past. 
The new body is the result of rare cooperation between the United States and Russia on Syria's conflict, which is well into its fifth year. 

 

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Assad is a murderer just like his own father who killed 20,000 of his own people in a village in the 80's ! MUDERER ! RED ARROW NOW !
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The world needs to prevent Isis taking over Syria before the situation worsens.