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The second largest chemical weapons attack

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2013-08-21T070228Z_1613947908_GM1E98L15OD01_RTRMADP_3_SYRIA-CRISIS-GASLast report issued by SNHR about using chemical weapon by Syrian regime in 5/8/2013, we documented 28 attacks led to 83 victims, and almost 1271 injuries.

Syrian Network for Human Rights had sent the report to large number of human rights, media, and political bodies around the world, including chemical weapons inquiry mission led by Dr. AkeSellstrom.

Syrian regime owns almost 700 tons of chemical weapons, the quantity is able to manufacture almost 2500 artillery shell and 100 chemical warheads for Scud missiles , which is enough to annihilate the population of Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo.

At least 300 persons works in Syrian chemical weapon development program, mostly from the Alwite sect, and they surrounded with secrecy and continuous monitoring,  and no one know about them even army leaders or ministries.

Wednesday 21/8/2013, almost 3 am, Syrian Government Forces shelled Ghouta Sharqiya then at 5 am shelled Ghouta Gharbia, according to SNHR’s team with dissidents experts form Syrian regime and in preliminary estimates that Syrian regime had launched almost 10 missiles, with capacity of almost 20 liter for each, that’s mean total is 200 liter, and considered the second largest chemical attack after Sadam Husain’s regime used chemical attack in Iraq in 16-17/3/1988, led to kill thousands of people and were disgrace of humanity, the tragedy is repeated now again against the Syrian people.


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