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If confirmed a chemical attack, it would be the worst recorded use of chemical weapons thus far in Syria's two-year civil war, and could well lead to "a reaction of force" from the international community. Raw footage of the alleged attack's victims has emerged in the form of a 75-video playlist, via the blog The Revolting Syrian.
Based on the victims' signs of injury, it has been speculated that the perpetrators would have used Sarin and nerve gas. Sarin is a colorless, odorless liquid used by USSR and the U.S. in World War II. Both sarin and nerve gas are made up of agents that disrupt the nerve mechanisms transferring signals between organs. The rebel forces and the Assad government are each accusing one another of the attack, and both have subsequently denied accusations, Al Jazeera America reports. There is a team of U.N. Chemical Weapons Investigators who are currently standing by in Damascus, waiting for a green light from the Security Council so that they can investigate and confirm or deny the attack.
The Revolting Syrian is an online activist Tumblr that covers the events in Syria. The website's homepage displays its name on the left and beside it, in Arabic, it says “Yalla leave Bashar;” a statement from the first uprisings in Syria, when things still looked hopeful. They posted a statement about a YouTube user behind the videos. The playlist begins with the attacks taking place; the camera is placed overlooking a hilly suburb at night, the viewer can only see a quick change in light and hear the distant sounds of a weapon of some kind.
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