ISIS: Rising fears of chemical attack by Brit jihadis returning to the UK

Security chiefs say chlorine is now the chemical weapon of choice for ISIS and there is a growing chance of a chlorine bomb attack here

Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) posing with the trademark Jihadists flag

Britain faces a growing threat of a chemical weapons attack by British jihadis after a quarter of roadside bombs left in Islamic State controlled Iraq were found to contain chlorine, experts have warned.
Security chiefs say chlorine is now the chemical weapon of choice for ISIS.
Up to 25 per cent of Improvised Explosive Devices discovered in the city of Tikrit, which was retaken by Iraqi forces from IS this year, contained the chemical.
It is feared that British jihadists returning to the UK could use the chemical in an attack on their homeland
Chemical warfare expert Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon who was in the Army ’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment until 2011, said: “As more jihadists return to this country there is a growing chance of a chlorine bomb attack.
“That to me outs it through the threshhold where we should look into this seriously.”

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Hamish De Bretton Gordon

Col de Bretton-Gordon also urged ministers to control the sale of chlorine more tightly.
There are tight controls on the sale of the gas in Iraq, whereas in Britain it is possible to buy 90 tonnes of the substance without a licence.
However, it is understood that authorities do monitor chlorine purchases and other materials that could be used in bomb making to uncover any stockpiling.
In March Colonel Bretton-Gordon warned a chlorine gas attack could happen “on a train or tube or even at a big football match.”