World & Nation
Your editorial commented that “failure to curb chemical-weapon proliferation may hit home during the Iraq crisis” and made the point that international prohibitions did not work: “Despite international prohibitions on their use, chemical warfare has not been as rare as the revulsion it provokes would suggest.”
Aug. 16, 1990
Records show the Army’s former practice of disposing of lethal weapons in the ocean was far more extensive than once thought.
Oct. 30, 2005
An investigation by the international chemical-weapons watchdog confirmed Friday that sarin nerve gas was used in a deadly April 4 attack on a Syrian town, the latest confirmation of chemical weapons used in Syria’s civil war.
June 30, 2017
The 149-nation conference on chemical weapons unanimously agreed here Wednesday to outlaw the use of lethal gases by “completely eliminating them.”
Jan. 12, 1989
Almost two weeks after a suspected chemical weapons attack killed almost 40 people in Syria, a team of experts arrived Saturday at one of the sites of the alleged attack in the city of Duma.
April 21, 2018
Bush’s nominee for ambassador to the United Nations was seen as resenting Jose Bustani’s ‘meddling ... in the Iraq business.’
June 5, 2005
Iran’s nuclear resolve fueled by Iraq’s chemical assault in war
Oct. 17, 2013
The 1980-88 war, in which Iraq unleashed toxic gases, is a bitter memory for Iran, where the issue of chemical weapons still resonates deeply.
Opinion
It has been clear for some time — telegraphed in typically blustering language on Twitter — that President Trump intended to make Syrian President Bashar Assad pay a price for the poisoning deaths of dozens of people earlier this month in the rebel-held town of Duma.
April 14, 2018
Members of Congress and the Administration have taken bold diplomatic steps to censure Iraq’s use of poison gas against its Kurdish population.
Sept. 19, 1988