Syria Dropped Hallucinogen Weapon on Rebels, Secret Cable Says:
"The Syrian military used an exotic chemical weapon on rebels during an attack in
the city of Homs, some U.S. diplomats now believe.
That conclusion — first reported by Foreign Policy’s Josh Rogin and laid out in a
secret cable from the U.S. consul general in Istanbul — contradicts preliminary
estimates made by American officials in the hours after the December 23 strike.
But after interviews with Syrian activists, doctors, and defectors, American
diplomats in Turkey have apparently rendered a different verdict. It’s important to
note, however, that this was the conclusion of a single consulate within the State
Department, and there is still wide disagreement within the U.S. government over
whether the Homs attack should be characterized as a chemical weapons incident.
“We can’t definitely say 100 percent, but Syrian contacts made a compelling case
that Agent 15 was used in Homs on Dec. 23,” an unnamed U.S. official tells Rogin."
See:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/syria-agent-bz/