Talk:Sardasht, West Azerbaijan

is Sardasht really the first town in the world to be gassed with poison gas?
Is it true that "Sardasht is the first town in the world to be gassed"? Chemical weapons were recommended by Churchill in 1919 and then used later on against the Kurds by the British air force, but maybe they were only used in the countryside and not on towns before Sardasht - i guess that's what the contributor was suggesting. In any case, i put a citation needed tag. Someone should check this... Boud 21:52, 1 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Anon, what was the 100 figure for exactly and is there a source for it. Feel free to re-add it in the correct section with the correct context with a source. I took it out for now as it was misplaced.Hajji Piruz 15:48, 24 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Churchill did recommend the use of chemical weapons against the Kurds, however the British never used them as they lacked the means to deploy the weapons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ochib (talk • contribs) 20:29, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Sardasht was not the first civilian target in history to be hit with chemical agents. people in China (by the Japanese in WWII), Ethopia (by the Italians prior to WWI), Armeanians (By the Ottoman Empire in WWI) would argue. This link does not encompase all my claims but they are easily researched. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/cw.htm Paragoalie (talk) 15:49, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Location?
There are two locations given in the article — 36.25583°N, 45.80806°W in the infobox, and 36.15321°N, 45.48494°W at the bottom. The former looks a mistake, interpreting decimal degrees as degrees, minutes, & seconds. On Google Maps, neither looks like a city. One of the references has yet another location: "Sar Dasht [city] ... 36.15°N, 45.53°W Sardasht [county?]". —WWoods (talk) 20:23, 30 September 2008 (UTC)