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| Subject: 1300 killed in chemical attack in Damascus, say Syrian rebels Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:48 am | |
| Syria's opposition accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of gassing many hundreds of people - by one report as many as 1300 - on Wednesday in what would, if confirmed, be the world's worst chemical weapons attack in decades.
Western and regional countries called for UN chemical weapons investigators - who arrived in Damascus just three days ago - to be urgently dispatched to the scene of one of the deadliest incidents of the two-year-old civil war.
Images, including some taken by freelance photographers and supplied to Reuters, showed scores of bodies including of small children, laid out on the floor of a clinic with no visible signs of injuries.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/1300-killed-in-chemical-attack-in-damascus-say-syrian-rebels-20130821-2sbvg.html#ixzz2cfrYr900 |
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