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The article focuses on the attack of the Iraqi military forces on Majnoon Island using chemical weapons and the long term injuries it brought to victims. The Iraqi soldiers have used two types of munitions during the attack including contact explosives which detonated on impact. For people who survived the initial symptoms caused by the chemicals, they later experienced gastrointestinal complaints of dysphagia, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. According to an investigation conducted by the United Nations, the aerial bombs used in the war zone in Iran contained nitrogen mustard and tabun.