The Pentagon has confirmed that Special Operations forces captured a high-ranking chemical-weapons operative with the Islamic State in Northern Iraq. He's provided information that's led to American airstrikes against stocks of what is said to be mustard gas. Damian Paletta is national security and intelligence reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
US Captures ISIS Chemical Weapons Engineer
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Damian Paletta - Washington Post -
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New York Times on ISIS detainee telling US of plans to use mustard gas
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Warren Olney
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Katie Cooper,
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