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tabatha

(18,795 posts)
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 03:18 PM Feb 2012

It appears that chemical weapons may be being used in HOms

PEOPLE! HELP! HELP! CHEMICAL WEAPONS USED IN #HOMS RIGHT NOW! #Syria

3m Anonymous Sweden @AnonOpsSweden
Breaking via @DamascusTweets: OMG OMG OMG! The regime is using Chemical weapons in #Homs right now! CONFIRMED according to ALJAZEERA! #Syria

4m FREEDOM @DamascusTweets
CHEMICAL WEAPONS! CHEMICAL WEAPONS! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD! #Syria

5m FREEDOM @DamascusTweets
OMG OMG OMG OMG! The regime is using Chemical weapons in #Homs right now! CONFIRMED according to ALJAZEERA! #Syria

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It appears that chemical weapons may be being used in HOms (Original Post) tabatha Feb 2012 OP
K&R drm604 Feb 2012 #1
Is there an AlJazeera source for this Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #2
I'd settle for anything concrete and not just OMG ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #3
No results for "syria chemical weapons" on AJ.com Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #4
I couldn't find anything. maddezmom Feb 2012 #5
In both Egypt and Libya the signal to noise ratio on Twitter, esp early on was abysmal ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #6

Ruby the Liberal

(26,312 posts)
4. No results for "syria chemical weapons" on AJ.com
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 06:37 PM
Feb 2012

Most results were Iraq and North Korea related.

I did see this in a google:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chemical-weapons-used-against-syrians-says-defected-soldier.aspx?pageID=238&nID=14223&NewsCatID=338

Syrian army used chemical weapons against its own citizens, a defected Syrian soldier claimed.

Defections from the Syrian army continue to increase as a Turkmen-origin general, Fayez Amro, and three other army officials defected to Turkey last week, Hürriyet Daily News has learned.


Wonder why AJ isn't covering it?

maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
5. I couldn't find anything.
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 07:08 PM
Feb 2012

Twitter can be a great source for breaking info but it also can become a rumor mill for unsubstantiated items.

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