Interesting photojournalism

[Lauffray]

I was wondering whether anyone has read LeMonde's report from Syria about chemical weapons.

English: http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/visuel/2013/06/04/on-the-damascus-frontlines_3423113_3218.html
French: http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient...-temoin-d-attaques-toxiques_3417225_3218.html

It's been out for a while now (they keep updating those articles) but they sent a reporter and a photographer undercover for 2 months to investigate. Interesting in these times of Chicago Sun and other iPhone news, no ?

 

[JoeV]

Interesting reportage, thank you for sharing. The details of the reported gas attacks raises new questions, in my mind at least, as to the validity of reported Sarin gas use, since Sarin, being a neurotoxin, can affect the victim through contact with skin, requiring full body protection, hence mere face masks providing respitory protection would be inadequate.

It's also possible, as the story hints, that various gasses are being used, not all of them neurotoxic.

~Joe

 

[helen.HH]

Excellent Reportage indeed ... 'Le Monde' is Tops! Brilliant in fact
Thank you for the Link !

Makes the rest of the papers seem like Rags

generally speaking US newspapers/magazines tend towards
Mediocore coverage & often sensationilism