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• n  a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote

• mustard agent
• blistering agent
• dichloroethyl sulfide
• sulfur mustard

News & Articles

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• Risk of chemical catastrophe if Syria's Assad goes - committee report
  LONDON (Reuters) - Syria's huge array of chemical weapons could fall into the hands of militants if President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, with "catastrophic" consequences, according to a report by a committee published on Wednesday. Britain's foreign intelligence services had no doubt Syria owned "vast stockpiles" of such weapons, including mustard gas, sarin, ricin and VX, the deadliest nerve ...
  July 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Risk of chemical catastrophe if Syria's Assad goes: UK lawmakers
  LONDON (Reuters) - Syria's huge array of chemical weapons could fall into the hands of militants if President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, with "catastrophic" consequences, according to a report by senior British lawmakers published on Wednesday. Britain's foreign intelligence services had no doubt Syria owned "vast stockpiles" of such weapons, including mustard gas, sarin, ricin and VX, the ...
  July 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News