Hundreds of innocent civilians killed by Chemical weapons this morning in Syria.
Posted on 08/21/2013 6:00:03 AM PDT by NYer
Rockets with toxic agents were launched at the suburbs of the Ghouta region early on Wednesday as part of a major bombardment on rebel forces, they say.
The Syrian army says the accusations have been fabricated to cover up rebel losses.
The main opposition alliance said that more than 1,000 people were killed by the attacks.
Activist networks also reported death tolls in the hundreds, but these could not be independently confirmed.
It is also not clear how many died in the bombardment of the sites and how many deaths were due to any exposure to toxic substances.
In a statement, the army described the accusations of chemical weapons use as grave, and stressed the military's right to fight what it described as terrorism in Syria.
It accused the opposition of fabricating the accusations to divert attention from the huge losses its forces had suffered recently. 'Shocking escalation'
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague and French President Francois Hollande called for UN inspectors to be allowed access to the area and said Britain and France would raise the issue at the UN.
If confirmed, the attacks would mark a "shocking escalation in the use of chemical weapons in Syria", Mr Hague said.
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obama’s red line crossed repeatedly.
The world laughs at obama.
Don’t know if I believe it...
I don’t believe it. I don’t think Syria wants the grief from using chemical weapons. If any were used, I’d assume it was the rebels.
“The socialists burned down the Reichshtag..!”
What a bad set up. I thought PALLYWOOD was a joke but this is far worse. Those kids are asleep.
They didn´t suffer any harm, they just pretend to be fast asleep in case momo the pedo comes and molest them.
Sure I would do the same if my parents worship and pray 5 times a day to a child molester
Those Arabs are useless film makers.
What a bad set up. I thought PALLYWOOD was a joke but this is far worse. Those kids are asleep.
They didn´t suffer any harm, they just pretend to be fast asleep in case momo the pedo comes and molest them.
Sure I would do the same if my parents worship and pray 5 times a day to a child molester
Those Arabs are useless film makers.
My son is doing a current event paper for school. Anyone know how Obama did on the 18th yesterday?
Double bogey.
Looks like the Rebels keep upping the numbers. The Islamfascists love inflating numbers, it suits their cause. If the numbers are true and the story is indeed true, then Obama is going to have to draw a whole new red line...
Gee, I wonder where these WMD came from.....
” My son is doing a current event paper for school. Anyone know how Obama did on the 18th yesterday?
Double bogey. “
Ouch! What a tragedy.
No troops in Syria no matter what alleged atrocities are committed.
It works for me - sell them more weapons, quick!
The WMDs that never existed in Iraq in 2004, watched by bird (SAT) exit Iraq in 11 RUSSIAN trucks before the coalition invasion, are not being used in this incident either.
These are not the droids you are looking for...
Huh, not working on me.
The regime doesn’t need to use chemical weapons since it is winning on the battlefield. Doesn’t make sense.
Seems such a waste of young jihidists who they would love to use as carriers of suicide bombs to blow up other innocents such as Coptic Christians, churches, and schools. Barbarians breed barbarians. If they can’t fight a common enemy they will fight each other, been proven over and over again.
The Moslem Brotherhood/al Qaeda in Syria are taking a page from the MB in Egypt.
First communique from the MB on the breaking-up of the Rabaa and Nahda sit-ins:
2,000 killed and 100,000 injured! Where are these numbers today?
I don’t believe a word this bastards say! They shoot their own and civilians in the back. It wasn’t enough, therefore, they used gas AND/OR lied about it.
Those animals will never admit losing a battle or a war, it’s always somebody else’s “playing unfair!” The West is so much in the tank that they are trying to save the MB. The international MB’s goose is cooked no matter what the West does.
Does it remind you of something?
Our administration’s “ it’s Bush’s fault!”
Subhuman savages did this. If they are offended by being called subhuman savages they should stop acting like subhuman savages.
I will never back down from calling subhuman savages subhuman savages.
They are subhuman savages.
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