Islamic State 'dead set' on using chemical arms: Government spokesman

WA Islamic State militants are "dead set" on using chemical arms and probably try them again as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul, a Pentagon public spokesperson said on Monday, every week after a rocket with any chemical agent ended up near U. S. soldiers.

The rocket fired Wednesday landed in an unpopulated area near Qayyara Western base, array yards from where a huge selection of U. H. troops work to make an airfield for an Iraqi offensive to rekindle the location of Mosul. Not any one was hurt in the attack.

The layer primarily tested positive for a mustard agent, but two subsequent tests have been inconclusive and these devices is undergoing further tests, Dark blue Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters.

"We fully recognize this is something that ISIL has done before. They are yet to done it many times, at least a few dozen that people know of where they have launched crude makeshift munitions that are filled with this mustard agent, " Davis said using an phrase for the group.

A great air strike by the U. S. -led armed forces coalition destroyed an Islamic State chemical weapons manufacturing plant on Friday near Qayyara, the other attack against a chemical arms facility this month.

Davis said Islamic State's ability to weaponize mustard agent has recently been rudimentary. The group typically uses a chemical dust bound together with petrol, which leaves behind a telltale oil trace.

"It's not generally in a lethal concentration. It's more of an irritant than anything else, however, not something we view as militarily significant, " this individual said, noting that the gas form of mustard agent used in the First World War was far more lethal.

Possibly though Islamic State has not perfected a chance to weaponize chemicals, U. S. and Iraqi forces have to be prepared for a chemical attack, Davis said.

"We recognize this is real. They're dead collection on it. They would wish to be able to use chemical weapons against us, against the Iraqis as they move ahead, " Davis said. "We are making every efforts to make certain that we're looking forward to it. inches

He said U. S i9000. troops deployed to the region have the training and equipment they need to prevent chemical episodes and will work to ensure the Iraqis are well prepared and properly equipped as well.

Davis said the United States has provided more than 50, 500 gas masks to War, with about 40, 1000 going to Iraqi security forces.

(Reporting by David Alexander; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)