From a reader: ""The U.S. ambassador to Syria told Congress Wednesday that there is
no evidence yet that either the Syrian government or opposition forces used
chemical weapons in attacks this week. "We are looking very carefully at the
reports," Ambassador Robert Ford told the House Foreign Relations Committee.
But, he said, "so far, we have no evidence which substantiates the
reports."
"Photos posted online by SANA showed alleged victims in hospital beds flanked by medical staff in surgical masks. State television featured an interview with an elderly man wearing a face mask and a white bandage on his forehead. "They fired a missile, and it exploded with something like a powder," the man said. In the same TV report, a doctor said the patients appeared to have been exposed to "phosphorus material or poisonous material," which he said had led to "heavy vomiting and difficulty in breathing, almost appearing like extreme suffocation cases." Reuters news agency reported that one of its photographers visited victims in Aleppo hospitals who were suffering breathing problems and that people said they could smell chlorine after the attack.""
"Photos posted online by SANA showed alleged victims in hospital beds flanked by medical staff in surgical masks. State television featured an interview with an elderly man wearing a face mask and a white bandage on his forehead. "They fired a missile, and it exploded with something like a powder," the man said. In the same TV report, a doctor said the patients appeared to have been exposed to "phosphorus material or poisonous material," which he said had led to "heavy vomiting and difficulty in breathing, almost appearing like extreme suffocation cases." Reuters news agency reported that one of its photographers visited victims in Aleppo hospitals who were suffering breathing problems and that people said they could smell chlorine after the attack.""