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.
