Chemical Weapons Convention

Presidents in American History was George W. Bush. He is a war criminal, he has enacted war onto a country who did not attack, or declare war on us. From the Geneva Convention, and I quote from the Cornell University Law School page on the Geneva Conventions, (https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/geneva_conventions )“Convention I: This Convention protects wounded and infirm soldiers and medical personnel against attack, execution without judgment, torture, and assaults upon personal dignity (Article 3). It

Chemical Warfare in World War 1 Chemical Warfare is defined as “Tactical warfare using incendiary mixtures, smokes, or irritant, burning or asphyxiating gases”. This is the usage of a chemical to harm the opposing side in order to get an advantage in the war at hand. Three of the main chemical weapons used during World War 1 were Lachrymator (tear), Chlorine and Phosgene, and Mustard gas. Chemical warfare was overall effective in World War 1 because it added to the weaponry needed to win the war

and with the escalation in violence, Syria descended into a civil war, with each side scrambling for control over towns and cities (Rodgers). The Syrian government has committed several war crimes such as torture, rape, murder and the use of chemical weapons, which led to the death of thousands, in an attempt to crush the opposition movement and regain control over Syria. Additionally, the civil war, has aided the rise of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and

Use of chemical weapons: Since 2014 Syrian forces have been using chemical weapons on a regular basis. Both air-dropped and rocket-assisted munitions are used to target civilian areas: when deployed as a weapon, the dispersal pattern of gas found in chlorine bombs cannot be controlled, rendering the weapons indiscriminate. Use of chlorine munitions appears to be confined to Syrian forces, and not involve Russian forces (HRC, 2017: 12). Consequently two barrel bombs allegedly containing chlorine

allowing for defence to aid to the civil power, aviation and shipping safety, chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, surveillance and intelligence services (Hancock, 2002). Much of the Federal legislation was implemented to comply with international terrorism treaties that Australia was party to (PA, n.d.-a). Examples of this legislation include ‘Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1994’, which complied with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and use of

Each section of the military specializes in a different field of combat and the Air Force specializes in its own field and provides benefits accordingly. Another major accomplishment of the US during the Cold War was the proliferation of weapons of

scale use of chemical weapons employed to inflict extensive fatalities on the allied forces. Published only 13 days after the German use of Chlorine gas in the Second Battle of Ypres, it is inevitable that such actions receive vehement critique by Raven-Hill, who’s illustrations during this time period directly address this issue. Importantly, the significance of this visual and its relevance within this time period pertains to the fact that despite the presence of international conventions and laws

The chance of terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and ISIS to use CBRN weapons is very likely. Al-Qaeda’s plan is to rule out Western forces out of the Islamic countries. During the war in Iraq in 2007, Iraq Insurgents blew up a truck mixed with chlorine (Cave, February 2007). This was not the first time the United States faced a bomb mixed with chlorine, in which with a few heavy breaths can be fatal. The first bombing with chlorine took place in January of 2007 which involved a dump truck and

1984 and the Fao Peninsula in 1986.(“Chemical Weapons and the Iran-Iraq War, Javed Ali, 2001”) Iran used human wave assaults as a strategy, which resulted thousands of men to lose their lives in battles that ended as stalemates. Iraq had the advantage in the air, using aircraft and missiles attacks on the industrial plants, shipping yards, oil installations, and cities of Iran. After establishing the success of the air attacks, Iraq began the use of chemical weapons. Iraq leaders in Baghdad even went

The attacks on the Tokyo subway system in 1995 employed Sarin gas, which is a chemical nerve agent developed by the Nazis in World War II (Japanese Sarin Cult, 2008). Sarin gas targets the nervous system and exhibits a fatal enzyme called acetylcholinesterase (AChE). This enzyme degrades the signaling molecule that is responsible for multiple functions in the human body to including cognitive functioning and the triggering of muscle contractions. “When exposed to the nerve agent Sarin, the victim’s