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Syria's darkest hour: Hundreds of children's bodies piled high
after nerve gas attack near Damascus leaves up to 1,300 dead

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'There is no excuse for the Syrian regime not to provide access to the UN team that are in Damascus now to assess the use of chemical weapons,' Mr Hague said.

Russia, too, has urged an 'objective' investigation but Assad's biggest foreign ally also heaped scepticism on his enemies' claims.

A foreign ministry spokesman in Moscow said the release of gas after UN inspectors arrived suggested that it was a rebel 'provocation' to discredit Syria's government.

'These reports are uncorroborated and we are urgently seeking more information. But it is clear that if they are verified, it would mark a shocking escalation in the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

'Those who order the use of chemical weapons, and those who use them, should be in no doubt that we will work in every way we can to hold them to account.

'I call on the Syrian government to allow immediate access to the area for the UN team currently investigating previous allegations of chemical weapons use. The UK will be raising this incident at the UN Security Council.'

Syria's neighbour Turkey said it was clear that chemical weapons had been used.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in an interview broadcast on Turkey's Kanal 24 television: 'Use of chemical weapons in Syria is evident from the footage coming from there."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2398691/Syrias-darkest-hour-Hundreds-childrens-bodies-piled-high-nerve-gas-attack-near-Damascus-leaves-1-300-dead.html

.. warning terrible pictures in there .. real or not ..

while typing 'it didn't make sense Assad would use illegal stuff now' i was thinking .. make sense? .. what does that have to do with anything in this situation .. and with Assad? .. Mubarak stood down faced with much less bloodshed and terror .. Assad obviously cares only for power and is dug in .. the voice was saying stop the nonsense that he wouldn't, but who knows .. that guy seems to know what he is talking about .. i still can't see an out other than a political compromise .. get Assad later for any atrocity he has committed .. what's the alternative .. the West going in full guns blazing? .. another Iraq, just with a valid reason? .. gulp .. dunno .. just sickened and raving ..