Syrian Army Used Nerve Gas, U.S. Spies Say: Report

Syrian Army Used Nerve Gas: Report
Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus on August 24, 2013. The president of Syria's main opposition group called on Western nations to intervene after a suspected chemical attack that left up to 1,300 dead in the country ravaged by civil war. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus on August 24, 2013. The president of Syria's main opposition group called on Western nations to intervene after a suspected chemical attack that left up to 1,300 dead in the country ravaged by civil war. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Last Wednesday, in the hours after a horrific chemical attack east of Damascus, an official at the Syrian Ministry of Defense exchanged panicked phone calls with a leader of a chemical weapons unit, demanding answers for a nerve agent strike that killed more than 1,000 people.

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