In the final Morning Jolt of the week, we turn our attention overseas, where the chemical weapons genie appears to be out of the bottle…

Pentagon: We’re Investigating Whether ISIS Used Chemical Weapons
Pentagon officials believe ISIS used chemical weapons against Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq Wednesday. Fox News:
One official who had seen the latest intelligence reports from the region told Fox News Thursday that the victims had “blisters” that matched the symptoms of other victims of mustard gas. The intelligence community was continuing to investigate the reports, which were first made public by the German defense ministry…
Similar reports of chemical weapons use by ISIS had surfaced in July. Intelligence agencies have also stated that they believe ISIS used chlorine gas as part of attacks in Iraq.
You’re probably wondering, ‘where would they get this stuff?’ Right next door, it seems:
The officials said Islamic State could have obtained the mustard agent in Syria, whose government admitted to having large quantities in 2013 when it agreed to give up its chemical-weapons arsenal.
U.S. intelligence agencies thought Islamic State had at least a small supply of mustard agent even before this week’s clash with Iraqi Kurdish fighters, known as the Peshmerga, U.S. officials said. That intelligence assessment hadn’t been made public.
The attack in question took place late Wednesday, about 40 miles southwest of Erbil in northern Iraq. A German Defense Ministry spokesman said about 60 Peshmerga fighters, who help protect Kurdish areas in northern Iraq, were reported to have suffered injuries to their throats consistent with a chemical attack while fighting Islamic State.
Obama, back in May:
Assad gave up his chemical weapons. And that’s not speculation on our part. That, in fact, has been confirmed by the organization internationally that is charged with eliminating chemical weapons.
If Assad “gave up” his weapons only to have them end up in the hands of ISIS, it is not an improvement.
Meanwhile, back in Syria:
A Syrian civil defence group has accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of using napalm on a town near Damascus, the latest escalation in a conflict that has seen the use of chemical weapons and indiscriminate aerial bombing campaigns.
If true, the attack would be the second serious allegation of napalm use in the Syrian war. In 2012, a BBC crew in Aleppo province witnessed what they described as a “napalm-like” attack on a school.
Napalm is a combination of gasoline or petroleum and some sort of jelling agent. Use at or near civilian targets is a violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The chemical weapons genie is out of the bottle.