Shit.

http://blogs.aljazeera.com/topic/syria/poisonous-gas-sprayed-homs-leaves-seven-people-dead-and-scores-affected-activists-say

World might be over soon after all.

It's just a sign of how desperate their government has become. For over a year they said they weren't going to use their chemical weapons on civilians.

Now they've broken that, I would hope it will push the UN into actually doing something. Unlikely as that might be as several members are still allies with them.

So it begins

I heard about this but i haven't seen any other reports since.

Its possible this was a random act by a unit loyal to Assad, but I wouldn't be surprised if he ordered it himself.