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After the First World War has gas been used in combat in other wars?
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#94670. Asked by star_gazer. (Apr 15 08 8:16 PM)
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Mustard gas has been used at several occasions:
Since World War 1, mustard gas has also been reportedly used in several wars, often where the side it is used against cannot retaliate:[4]
* United Kingdom against the Red Army in 1919;[5]
* Spain against Rif insurgents in Morocco in 1921-1927;[4][6]
* Italy in Libya in 1930;[4]
* Soviet Union in Xinjiang, China in 1934 and 1936-1937;[5][6]
* Italy in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) in 1935-1940;[4]
* Poland against Germany in 1939 during an isolated incident, British product;[4]
* Germany against Poland and the Soviet Union in a few erroneous uses during the Second World War;[4]
* Japan against China in 1937-1945;[5]
* Egypt against North Yemen in 1963-1967;[4]
* Iraq against Iran in 1981 and 1983-1988;[4]
* Iraq against Kurds in 1988;[4]
* Possibly Sudan against insurgents in the civil war, in 1995 and 1997[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_gas#Use
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