Source: IG @blackstarops

Released during the Gulf War to document coalition forces, military hardware, and key political figures.

Spain’s use of chemical weapons in the Rif is one of the darkest and least talked about parts of the Rif War. After suffering major defeats against Abd elKrim’s forces, Spain began using chemical agents in the 1920s, including mustard gas, which was dropped from aircraft across parts of northern Morocco and affected areas where civilians lived as well as Riffian fighters. Mustard gas can cause severe burns, blindness, lung damage and is known to be fatal. Even today, people in the Rif often connect the region’s cancer cases to prove that today’s cancer rates are directly caused by chemical weapons used a century ago. The chemical attacks themselves, however, are well documented and remain a largely forgotten part of Morocco’s colonial history.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_use_of_chemical_weapons_in_the_Rif_War?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://international-review.icrc.org/articles/the-rif-war-a-forgotten-war-923?utm_source=chatgpt.com