Documenting the killing of large number and different types of animals during the second largest chemical attack in the world.
Syrian regime owns almost 700 tons of chemical weapons, the quantity is able to manufacture almost 2500 artillery shell and 100 chemical warheads for Scud missiles , which is enough to annihilate the population of Damascus, Homs, Hama, and Aleppo.
at least 300 persons works in Syrian chemical weapon development program, mostly from the Alwite sect, and they surrounded with secrecy and continuous monitoring, and no one know about them even army leaders or ministries.
Wednesday 21/8/2013, almost 3 am, Syrian Government Forces shelled Ghouta Sharqiya then at 5 am shelled Ghouta Gharbia, according to SNHR’s team with dissidents experts form Syrian regime and in preliminary estimates that Syrian regime had launched almost 29 missiles, with capacity of almost 20 liter for each, that’s mean total is 580 liter = 0.08% of the total stock, and considered the second largest chemical attack after Sadam Husain’s regime used chemical attack in Iraq in 16-17/3/1988, led to kill thousands of people and were disgrace of humanity, the tragedy is repeated now again against the Syrian people.
If the international community does not move to stop the Syrian regime and deter him from using mass destruction weapons against civilians, we expect similar attacks against the people in Hom, Aleppo, and Raqqah provinces.
We have observed through photos took by SNHR’s member in Damascus countryside and some by activities communicating with the network, that the apparent symptoms on the animals like foaming at the mouth and the outer shape of the body completely rigidity as appeared in photos, these and other are symptoms resulting from inhaling poisonous gases.
Appendix and attachments:
Date: 21/8/2013
Place: Moazameat Alsham
Description: group of birds died affected by chemical weapons’ shell in an area.
Date: 22/8/2013
Place: Zamalka of Damascus countryside
Description: remnant of a chemical weapon missile in the region and a dead bird cause of chemical shelling, the video shows changing the color of the soil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kllhsgFrgN0&feature=youtu.be
Date: 22/8/2013
Place: Zamalka of Damascus countryside
Description: the death of sheep flock in a residential district cause of chemical weapons shelling and the account of a citizen whose relatives killed in the massacre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rw31LO_2o8&feature=youtu.be
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The death of sheep flock in a stockyard in Ghouta Sharqyia of Damascus countryside, cause of chemical weapons shelling in 21/8/2013
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBVHFtRGhqZHN1Q0E/edit?usp=sharing
Cat and sheep : Arbine of Damascus countryside – chemical massacre 21/8/2013
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQzc2UGxNRVBxdTA/edit?usp=sharing
Bird : Arbine of Damascus countryside – chemical massacre 21/8/2013
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBQzdwQWZ3Ry1HZ2M/edit?usp=sharing
The death of sheep flock in a resident nieghborhood in Zamalka of Damascus countryside, cause of chemical weapons shelling in 21/8/2013
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBN1Zia3FFcmVrOG8/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRkt5Z1FCTTNfRDg/edit?usp=sharing
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