DAR AL ISLAM - IRAQ: CHLORINE BECOMES AN INGREDIENT USED BY JIHADISTS IN THEIR EVER EVOLVING ARSENAL

Iraq insurgents using chlorine in recent attacks

BAGHDAD: A truck bomb that combined explosives with chlorine gas blew up in southern Baghdad on Wednesday, and officials said it may represent a new and deadly tactic by insurgents against Iraqi civilians. It was at least the third truck bomb in a month to employ chlorine, a greenish gas also used in World War I, which burns the skin and can be fatal after only a few concentrated breaths.

The bomb killed at least two people and wounded 32 others, the police and medical officials said.

Iraqi and American officials said that the use of chlorine seems aimed at bringing a new level of fear and havoc to Iraq as a new security plan for Baghdad takes shape.

Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Garver, an American military spokesman, said the attacks highlighted the evolving fluidity of insurgent tactics in Iraq, dominated by militant groups who often notice and mimic attacks that attract the most attention and cause the most suffering.

Insurgents have shifted tactics to focus on helicopters, and on Wednesday one group forced down an American Black Hawk helicopter, the eighth such incident since Jan. 20.

Roadside bombs have been adapted to become deadlier, punching through heavily armored Humvees. Attacks on American soldiers also now include coordinated assaults from multiple locations, with a mix of weapons and in at least one case, counterfeit American uniforms and vehicles.

"The enemy is adaptive," Garver said. "The enemy wants to win."

The Black Hawk attacked on Wednesday was forced into a "hard landing" after taking fire from heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in Diyala Province, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. There were no injuries. A Sunni insurgent group, the Mujahedeen Army, claimed credit for the attack in an Internet posting, according to the SITE Institute, which tracks postings by insurgent groups.

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