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U.S. Officials: Unclear Which Chemical Syria Used in Attack

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Was the fatal assault on Douma, Syria, a nerve gas attack? Or did it use chlorine, like the dozens of others ignored by the world? So far, U.S. intelligence agencies aren’t sure.

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Courtesy of the Syrian American Medical Society

President Trump is denouncing a “mindless chemical attack in Syria.” But two U.S. officials tell The Daily Beast it’s unclear whether an illegal chemical weapon was actually dropped on the Damascus suburbs—or whether the

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