Chemical weapon
 Chemical weapon  (WMD, poison)   | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | weapon |
| Interest of | • Dan Kaszeta • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons • Toxic Dagger |
| Subpage(s) | •Chemical weapon/British use in Iraq •Chemical weapon/Manufacturer |
Chemical weapons are used in chemical warfare. Along with nuclear and biological weapons, they are considered Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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Legal status
Under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, there is a world-wide ban on the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their precursors. Notwithstanding, large stockpiles continue to exist, usually justified as only a precaution against putative use by an aggressor.
Use in Prisons
Project Censored reported in 2017 that "in prisons and jails across the United States, far from any conventional battlefield or public scrutiny, tear gas and other chemical weapons are routinely used against people held captive in enclosed spaces, including solitary confinement."[1]
Examples
| Page name | Description |
|---|---|
| Agent Orange | |
| Mustard gas | A first generation chemical weapon |
| Napalm | Chemical weapon that leaves horrendous skin burn damages |
| Nerve agent | |
| Sarin | |
| White phosphorous |
A Chemical weapon victim on Wikispooks
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Sergei Skripal | The Russian double agent at the heart of the Skripal affair. Possibly being held at an unknown location by UK authorities |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Putin | “Western countries have been saying for centuries that they bring freedom and democracy to other nations. Nothing could be further from the truth. Instead of bringing democracy they suppressed and exploited, and instead of giving freedom they enslaved and oppressed. The unipolar world is inherently anti-democratic and unfree; it is false and hypocritical through and through.
The United States is the only country in the world that has used nuclear weapons twice, destroying the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. And they created a precedent. Recall that during WWII the United States and Britain reduced Dresden, Hamburg, Cologne and many other German cities to rubble, without the least military necessity. It was done ostentatiously and, to repeat, without any military necessity. They had only one goal, as with the nuclear bombing of Japanese cities: to intimidate our country and the rest of the world. The United States left a deep scar in the memory of the people of Korea and Vietnam with their carpet bombings and use of napalm and chemical weapons. It actually continues to occupy Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea and other countries, which they cynically refer to as equals and allies. Look now, what kind of alliance is that? The whole world knows that the top officials in these countries are being spied on and that their offices and homes are bugged. It is a disgrace, a disgrace for those who do this and for those who, like slaves, silently and meekly swallow this arrogant behaviour. They call the orders and threats they make to their vassals Euro-Atlantic solidarity, and the creation of biological weapons and the use of human test subjects, including in Ukraine, noble medical research. It is their destructive policies, wars and plunder that have unleashed today’s massive wave of migrants. Millions of people endure hardships and humiliation or die by the thousands trying to reach Europe.” | Vladimir Putin | 2022 |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Bioterror: Manufacturing Wars The American Way | foreword | 1 April 2003 | William H. Schaap Ellen Ray | The foreword by to their collection of 8 articles from 1982 to 1993. |
| Document:Douma ‘attack’ witnesses speak at Russia-called OPCW briefing at The Hague | Article | 26 April 2018 | Halil al-Jaish who tended to people at the Douma hospital that day, told the press conference that some of the patients had indeed experienced respiratory problems. The symptoms, however, were caused by heavy dust, which engulfed the area due to recent airstrikes, and no one showed any signs of chemical warfare poisoning. |
