Chemical Attack in Syria: Syrian opposition group claim more than 1,300 dead, including hundreds of children.
Lifeless bodies lay scattered on the ground. Children were convulsing, mouths hanging open and eyes rolling back into their head. Those were the images from the terrible massacre in Syria on Wednesday, August 21, 2013, from chemical weapons.
Warning: this video contains especially shocking and disturbing images. Not suitable for children and emotionally sensitive viewers.
Chemical attack on the suburb of Damascus by lemondefr
Several experts have confirmed the use of a neurotoxin, most likely Sarin gas, in this unprecedented attack, which signals a new level of terror in the Syrian conflict.
Almost one year to the day after President Obama’s “red line” warning against chemical weapons, Bashar Assad’s regime has committed an irredeemable act.
However, this chemical crime is going unpunished.
Although major world powers have known about the use of toxic gas in the country, their waiting game has finally caught up with them. This tragedy only further discredits the United Nations.
It proves once again that any second spent hesitating gives war one second too many.
The Syrian conflict began in 2011, and has already caused the deaths of over 7,000 children, according to UNICEF.
