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Latest comment: 10 years ago by VQuakr

The Human Rights Watch page http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/09/10/syria-government-likely-culprit-chemical-attack says "Human Rights Watch analyzed publicly posted YouTube videos from the attacked areas as well as higher-resolution images of weapon remnants provided by a local activist in Eastern Ghouta." I saw no indication of which activist or which Youtube videos, specifically, the statement refers to.

How is frothing at the mouth distinct from drooling or spitting up? To my untrained eye, the photo looks as though it may depict drooling. —rybec 06:23, 23 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

@rybec Those are some great questions. Unfortunately the slideshow at the bottom of the page seems to be some kind of flash plug-in, so I can see how it would be hard to see the citation. If you go to the slideshow at the bottom of the page and click the third thumbnail, you will bring up the image. Then mouse over the image to bring up a caption at the top, it answers your question about what YouTube video is referenced, namely this one:[1]. Let me know if you still have troubles finding it.

As far as frothing, you could be right for all I know, I've never personally seen anyone froth so I'm just going by the HRW caption. If there's a clearer image of someone with symptoms following the Ghouta attack, we should use that instead. Rolf H Nelson (talk) 04:02, 24 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for explaining! I don't have Flash so I'll take your word for it. Cheers. —rybec 04:12, 24 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
FWIW, I verified that this caption does exist as described. VQuakr (talk) 04:22, 24 October 2013 (UTC)Reply