Re the videos, Su-24MK and Su-22M4 use KAB-500KR TV guided bomb or KAB-500L laser guided bomb.
Re chemical weapons. Syria has one of the world's largest stockpiles. Assad has been using them regularly against the rebels since 19 March this year, without the world doing anything.
This latest horrendous event in Damascus was exacerbated because the civilian population were still in place and because people were sleeping on the ground floor to avoid the dangers from artillery on the upper floors.
Since the attack there has been a sharp increase in the rate of supply of munitions to the rebels with many hundreds of tons crossing the border from Turkey.
There is no good thing that we can do. There is not even a best thing that we can do. Any action that we do or don't take will result in disaster.
Even helping the Kurds in the north resist the genocidal attacks from al Nusra would be opposed by our NATO allies, the Turks.
Last edited by Eclectic; 26th Aug 2013 at 08:35.