'ISIS planning chemical attack against US'
- 8 years ago
The Islamic State group has already used chemical weapons "numerous times," and is planning to carry out a chemical attack against the United States, according toAmerican intelligence, presented by US National Intelligence directorJames Clapper at a panel of intelligence heads at the Munich Security Conference this weekend.
Meanwhile French Prime MinisterManuel Valls, who spoke at the same conference, said he is convinced that there will be another"large scale attack" by ISIS on Europe.
While Clapper didn’t state the nature and the origin of the informationhe based his findings on, it is likely based on, among other things, samples collected by operatives of the German BND in the Kurdish region innorthern Iraq back in October, which indicated the area had been bombarded with mustard gas.
Meanwhile French Prime MinisterManuel Valls, who spoke at the same conference, said he is convinced that there will be another"large scale attack" by ISIS on Europe.
While Clapper didn’t state the nature and the origin of the informationhe based his findings on, it is likely based on, among other things, samples collected by operatives of the German BND in the Kurdish region innorthern Iraq back in October, which indicated the area had been bombarded with mustard gas.