Wednesday, August 21st: Hundreds of people were killed by what appeared to be a chemical weapon outside Demascus, but no exact cause of death could be established. The signs of a chemical attack were all there: rows of corpses with no visible injuries, hospitals flooded with patients all showing symptoms of exposure to some sort of chemical, recorded images of a gray cloud exploding over a neighborhood. Yet it is impossible to be sure of what happened.
Not even photographic or video evidence could clearly explain the sequence of events, so the United Nations sent a team over to Syria to investigate the many who perished. It is important for the UN to understand what happened, as a chemical attack would mean a change in the level of the west’s involvement in the conflict.
For more information from the official NY Times article, click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/world/middleeast/syria.html