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The Straight Story

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Tue Mar 19, 2013, 09:23 AM Mar 2013

'Suffocating in the streets': Chemical weapons attack reported in Syria

Syrian rebels and the government on Tuesday accused each other of carrying out a deadly chemical weapons attack.

Syria's state news agency SANA said the rebels had launched a missile in the northern province of Aleppo, while the rebels said the government had fired a long-range missile with "chemical agents."

A Reuters photographer visited two hospitals and saw people with breathing problems, who told him that they saw people dying in the streets and that the air smelled strongly of chlorine.

"Terrorists fired a rocket containing chemical substances in the Khan al-Assal area of rural Aleppo," SANA said.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/19/17370550-suffocating-in-the-streets-chemical-weapons-attack-reported-in-syria?lite

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It's Being Reported All Over The Place... WillyT Mar 2013 #1
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