U.S. bracing for low-level chemical attack from Islamic State

Published September 26, 2016 5:13pm ET



A rocket or artillery shell fired near U.S. troops in Iraq last week may or may not turn out to have been laced with mustard agent. But the Pentagon says it’s only a matter of time before U.S. forces in Iraq or Syria come under chemical attack from the Islamic State.

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