BREAKING NEWS: Syrian Rebels: Army Used Chemical Weapons Near Damascus

As far as I know phosphorus is an incendiary.

Its outlawed to use against civilians, even though the IDF have in the past.

Its made to burn....

Let me be the first

BS Link

troops will be in Syria soon

Phosphorus is used in smoke grenades in order to create smoke screens. It is in no way a chemical weapon.

When will Damascus get nuked already. Damnit mann. It's gunna happen. Just happen already

Well, sounds like one helluva chemical weapon. what was it ? Did they collect farts in jars and shot with them or something ?

Yeah, 2 people killed in a chemical attack. What a joke.

So the same ones that started all this on 9/11 say something and we are supposed to take it as fact?

On 25 March, the Syrian opposition said that the governmental military forces fired chemical weapons from multiple rocket launchers at rebels surrounding an army base in the town of Adra, near Damascus.

Mohammad al-Doumani, an activist told Reuters, “doctors are describing the chemical weapon used as phosphorus that hits the nervous system and causes imbalance and loss of consciousness. The two fighters were very close to where the rockets exploded and they died swiftly. The rest are being treated with Atropine.”

[link to www.neurope.eu]


I think we can surely say Assad used chemical materials in the conflict for some times.

But always on a very small scale. The "red line" will only be crossed if there would be a large chemical attack with gas or something killing dozens of (civilians)

Phosphorus is not included in Americas red line. Even NATO and Israel use phosphorus......

yes.
but not including in a list doesn't make it non-chemical

True but it's not what they mean when they refer to CW's. The red line referred to scheduled weapons as described here:

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Phosphorus is a grey area ( [link to www.independent.co.uk] ) and as pointed out above is commonly used, it probably wasn't directly responsible for the two deaths, but why miss a good chance to score points when our media is so happy to oblige.

Yes, as i said this will not lead to an intervention. There have to be a large scale attack with sarin gas or something like this to cross the red line.

Please...

I hope it never comes to that. Assad has shown restraint so far and there has been no indication the regime is looking to escalate the situation. There is a minority among the 'rebels' who don't care about reform, freedom or any of that shit, there are there to cause carnage and prolong the conflict. They are the ones the international community should be pressuring but the western world has a vested interest in Assad being removed so they are complicit with the actions of these cells of mercenaries.

Why are you idiots lwatching at Assad?.

He will get owned by the Antichrist and that when you all should be afraid.

yeah thats what it is

As long as there is no outside confirmation, nothing will happen.

This is not true......

I thought so two. The rebels know that the International community will intervene with boots on the ground if chemical weapons are used. They seem desperate to call in the troops now everything will be chemical weapon.

I think they meant to say Israel used chemical weapons but are blaming it on Assad.

when Israel was dropping phosphorous on Gaza a few years ago no one cared. let's see if this is any different

I'd be very surprised if anyone really cared about the Syrians doing it in this case. And people did care (see the GLP threads on the matter...) just not anyone who mattered.