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Hundreds of Syrians killed in alleged chemical attack by Assad's forces
Sky News puts the number at 1300 now.A Damascus opposition monitoring group said on Wednesday 494 people had been killed in a gas attack and shelling by  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad's Light of the Alawites... forces on Wednesday, citing data from medical centers in the Syrian capital. Syria has denied reports of chemical weapons being used in Damascus. The Damascus Media Office said in a statement 150 bodies were counted in Hammouriya, 100 in Kfar Batna, 67 in Saqba, 61 in Douma, 76 in Mouadamiya and 40 bodies were collected from Irbib. "The attack began at around 3.00 am. Huge numbers of civilians were subjected to the gases. The numbers continued to increase rapidly as they suffocated to death, with lack of necessary medical supplies to save them," the statement said. If confirmed, the attack would be by far the worst reported use of poison gas in the two-year-old civil war. Rooters was not able to verify the accounts independently and they were denied by Syrian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? , which said they were disseminated deliberately to distract a team of United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... chemical weapons experts which arrived three days ago. The UN team is in Syria investigating allegations that both rebels and army forces used poison gas in the past, one of the main disputes in international diplomacy over Syria. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-08-21 |
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