Iraq chlorine attacks raise new concerns

Summarized Article by By Katarina Kratovac, Associated Press Writer

Iraqi insurgents are now resorting to attacks that bring thoughts of the battlefield in Belgium during World War 1, not the cities of Baghdad. US Soldiers found a plant Thursday where three car bombs were being assembled -- but this time utilizing chroline gas as added element of destruction. The tactic has already been used three times by bombers in an element that surely brings a new fear to US leaders overseeing the situation in Iraq. Chlorine, while only lethal in large quantities, can cause signifigant injury by attacking the eyes and lungs in low doses. However, those lethal large doses lead to a person ultimately drowning due to a fluid build up in the lungs. This type of attack has led US leaders to fear that the insurgents are becoming better at adapting to new types of attacks while the security crackdown in Baghdad in the country enters its second week. Experts in America have long thought that the terrorists could easily access products such as chlorine, bleaches, and disinfectants to cause more harm.