Carnival of The Capitalists is up! If you’re a COTC reader/regular you might want to stop back later as he’s adding commentary and what he might do with it in the future. Recommended: Foo Bar and Grill, Jonathan B. Wilson,…

Carnival of The Capitalists is up! If you’re a COTC reader/regular you might want to stop back later as he’s adding commentary and wha…

GS: During the Yemen War of 1963 through 1967, Egypt evidently used mustard bombs in support of South Yemen against royalist troops in North Yemen. Nasser’s adventure in Yemen in 1963 on the side of a military coup began when the Egyptian army fought the Saudi Arabian backed royalist Yemeni tribes. It was the first time the Egyptian Army had fought against Arabs since Ibrahim Pasha’s campaign against the Wahhabbie rebels in Arabia in the 1820’s. The use of chemical weapons against the Yemeni tribesmen was the first use of chemical weapons in the Middle East. During the Yemeni civil war phosgene and mustard aerial bombs killed at least 1,400 people. Some reports claim that Egypt also used an organophosphate nerve agent against Yemeni Royalist forces.