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Graphic. This is in the town of duma, a suburb of damascus. People we are in contact with there say those still alive after the attack, including women and children, are paralyzed, convulsing and showing signs of being exposed to chemical agents. This is a residential area, not a battlefield, and the victims are innocent civilians. Lets go tolive right now to frederik pleitigen. How far are you from the scene of this horror . What happened . Reporter were about, id say, eight miles away from where this all took place earlier this evening. In fact, weve actually been seeing some air strikes that have been going down in that duma area, just outside of damascus, earlier today. What were hearing from there, apparently, around 8 22 p. M. Local time here in damascus, a helicopter dropped a set of what they call barrel bombs. They, apparently, contained some sort of toxic gas, as several rebel organizations say. Were trying to piece together what exactly the death toll is, but it seems as tho