article_snippet: Islamic State terrorists could launch a chlorine gas attack on Britain - a weapon used to kill thousands of British troops in the First World War trenches, an expert said today.
article_snippet: Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon believes that every British ISIS fighter will have been given chemical weapons training in the hope every British ISIS fighter will have been given chemical weapons training in the hope will come back to launch an attack.
article_snippet: Fears: Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, left and right in 2007, recently retired head of chemical and biological weapons for the Army, is worried that ISIS might launch a chlorine attack in Britain .
article_snippet: Colonel de Bretton-Gordon, who is now managing director of Avon Protection, believes that ISIS terrorists returning to the UK are 'highly likely' to use the gas, because it is easier to get hold of than weapons like guns and explosives.
article_snippet: Colonel de Bretton-Gordon, who is now managing director of Avon Protection told MailOnline: 'I am convinced that IS fighters are all being given training in chemical weapons and the British ones, who are likely to be more educated, will all be targeted in the hope
article_snippet: IS fighters will have a reasonable idea on how to use chlorine and other toxic chemicals as a terror weapon. '
article_snippet: Acquiring weapons and ammunition is very difficult in the UK but you can get up to 90 tonnes of chlorine without any licence. '
article_snippet: Chlorine is key that ISIS don’t get the advantage of an unexpected chemical attack in UK.
article_snippet: A gas canister lies at the site of a bomb attack on a road between Mosul, Iraq, and the Syrian border in northern Iraq, believed to have been used by ISIS .
article_snippet: Crude roadside bombs filled with toxic chlorine gas are now being used by Islamic State terrorists, Crude roadside bombs filled with toxic chlorine gas has been claimed.
article_snippet: Mr de Bretton-Gordon said: 'Islamic State are all over these chemical weapons.
article_snippet: One bomb disposal expert said that the use of the chemical is a sign of desperation as the Iraqi Army makes advances against IS in Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit.
article_snippet: Haider Taher told the BBC: 'the BBC're resorting to this new method, putting chlorine in these home-made roadside bombs, which is toxic to those that inhale this new method.'
article_snippet: Used in roadside bombs such as this, in the open air, it disperses reasonably quickly and so appears to be intended to cause panic rather than serious harm.'
article_snippet: In October, Iraqi officials said Islamic State (IS) militants used chlorine gas during fighting with security forces and Shiite militiamen in September north of Baghdad.
highlights_snippet: Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon believes Chlorine use 'highly likely'
  Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon believes that every British ISIS fighter is chemical weapons trained .
  
highlights_snippet: Chlorine gas would be easier to get because of every British ISIS fighter is chemical weapons trained uses in industry .
  