Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Assad forces use poisonous gas

Assad forces use poisonous gas [VIDEO], Several Syrians have died after inhaling poisonous gas released by government forces in rebel-held districts of Homs, local eyewitnesses and activists claimed Monday.

There is, of course, was the possibility that embattled President Bashar al-Assad, fighting to save his dynastic regime, might decide against those struggling to bring about his downfall.

The only known use of chemical weapons in recent decades has been in the Middle East.

Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser used mustard gas against royalist forces in the 1963-70 Yemen civil war. Saddam Hussein used mustard gas and the nerve agents sarin, tabun and VX against rebellious Kurds in the 1980s, most notoriously in the northeastern town of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan March 16, 1988. Go here to read more and see the horrific video.