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• Chemical Weapons —    During the Iran Iraq War (1980 1988), Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran. Usage of such weapons was clearly illegal under existing international law. At the end of the war Iraq also turned these weapons against the Iraqi Kurds because… …   Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

• Chemical Weapons Convention — Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction Drafted September 3, 1992[1] Signed January 13, 1993[1] Location Paris and New York[ …   Wikipedia

• Chemical Weapons Convention — n. An international agreement effective in 1997 that prohibits its signatories from creating and stockpiling chemical weapons such as nerve gases. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… …   Law dictionary

• Chemical weapons in World War I — A poison gas attack using gas cylinders in World War I. The use of chemical weapons in World War I ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas and the severe mustard gas, to lethal agents like phosgene and chlorine. This chemical warfare… …   Wikipedia

• Chemical Weapons Convention — ▪ 1993, UN Introduction formally  Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction        international treaty that bans the use of chemical weapons (chemical weapon)… …   Universalium

• Chemical weapons in the Rif War — During the Third Rif War in Spanish Morocco between 1921 and 1927, the Spanish Army of Africa dropped chemical warfare agents in an attempt to put down the Riffian Berber rebellion led by guerrilla leader Abd el Krim.[1] These attacks in 1924… …   Wikipedia

• Chemical Weapons Convention — noun a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons • Instance Hypernyms: ↑convention …   Useful english dictionary

• chemical weapons — missiles and other weapons designed to deliver poisonous chemicals upon explosion …   English contemporary dictionary

• Destruction of chemical weapons — Throughout history, chemical weapons have been used as strategic weaponry to devastate the opposing side in times of war. After the mass destruction created by WWI and WWII, chemical weapons have been considered to be inhumane by the United… …   Wikipedia

• List of U.S. chemical weapons topics — The U.S. chemical weapons program began during World War I. Chemical weapons were only used during that war. Chemical weapons production ended in 1969. The United States renounced chemical weapons in 1997 and destruction of stockpiled weapons is… …   Wikipedia

• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons — OPCW logo Member states of the OPCW (green) …   Wikipedia