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Originally Posted by mapuc
They have been hit by something, that for sure.
From what I know Syria has a huge amount of Saringas and if I'm not wrong a lot of mustard gas and none of these two seems to have been used here.
I'm like you not an expert on this.
We have to remember one important thing- The first victims in a war is the truth and the winner is the propaganda.
I say that we await the UN-report then we can discuss whatever our response should be.
It could be true(look at my post above)
Markus
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I agree (and apologise for the mass-editing of my post whilst you were typing your response) and there are certainly going to be inflated casualty figures and lots of lingering shots on dying children just before the family dinner time meal, it's the same sort of tactic used by charities for raising money for Darfur and places like that, but in both situations something has occurred, it's just how it's reported, and I am dubious whether Assad conducted this latest attack, because as you have stated, it doesn't make political sense, although given that the Syrian army started bombarding the same area the day after the incident then perhaps it was a prelude to an offensive to try and retake Ghouta.
There's been talk of 'Agent 15' or BZ being the chemical used in the attacks, certainly it does bear some of the marks of BZ, however the Syrian army is not known to possess BZ, so if it is BZ, and given the situation in Syria and the inability of the UN inspectors to do their job, we are likely to never know, then the question is where did they get it from?
One thing is for certain that it wasn't a Blister agent, since none of the victims had skin blisters, so it rules out Mustard gas, but IIRC Nerve agents do not create blistering.