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posted by janrinok on Friday September 09 2016, @04:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the world-stands-and-watches dept.

Two people - including a thirteen year old girl - died and one hundred twenty were sickened when the rebels in Aleppo were hit with a chlorine gas attack.

Chlorine was the first gas used during the first World War. That it is largely ineffective led to the development of such treats as Mustard Gas and Lewisite.

Doctors in Aleppo Tend to Scores of Victims in Gas Attack:

Rescuers and citizen journalists who went to the scene said by text message that there had been a strong smell of bleach.

One of the victims, a 13-year-old girl named Hajer Kyali, died Wednesday afternoon. She had been in intensive care since the attack, which doctors said they believed had struck her family's house directly, delivering a deadly dose of the gas.

Medical staff members described seeing people with symptoms such as shortness of breath, coughing, sneezing, irritation of the eyes, nausea and in some cases respiratory failure. Such symptoms are consistent with attacks involving chlorine, which can kill in high concentrations.

Syria promised to give up its war gas a while back but in my understanding has surrendered only a tiny portion of its stockpile.

However, chlorine gas is quite easy to make. Possibly it was used because the aggressors had no access to the more-effective gasses such as Mustard Gas and Sarin.

Additional Reporting:


[This is by no means the first such attack. See here for Wikipedia info.]

[According to Wikipedia, earlier attacks did include Sarin. Chlorine is readily available from industrial sources]

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Friday September 09 2016, @05:21PM

    by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Friday September 09 2016, @05:21PM (#399708) Journal

    At least, out-of-doors, in unenclosed areas.

    This is bullshit propaganda, like the US DoS funded "White Helmets" who use Jihadi supply and logistics to operate.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gravis on Saturday September 10 2016, @12:06AM

    by Gravis (4596) on Saturday September 10 2016, @12:06AM (#399841)

    This is bullshit propaganda

    are you claiming that the rebels performed these attacks? if not, who performed the attacks? or perhaps are you saying that reporting on the attacks in propaganda?

    • (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Saturday September 10 2016, @05:23AM

      by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Saturday September 10 2016, @05:23AM (#399939) Journal

      "The Rebels" is already either a lie, or a position demonstrating completely propagandized viewpoint.
      These are foreign jihadis and mercenaries, entirely funded by the US, KSA and proxies.

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