US diplomats believe Syria dropped hallucinogenic weapon on rebels

US diplomats believe Syria dropped hallucinogenic weapon on rebels
By Noah Shachtman, wired.co.uk

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The Syr­i­an mil­i­tary used an exot­ic chem­i­cal weapon on rebels dur­ing an attack in the city of Homs, some US diplo­mats now believe.

That con­clu­sion — first report­ed by For­eign Pol­i­cy’s Josh Rogin and laid out in a…

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