美國：敘利亞境內可能發生化武襲擊

U.S. officials say they have indications that toxic chemicals were used in a rebel area of Syria this Month.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday that the alleged attack in the western village of Kafr Zita involved an industrial chemical that was probably chlorine.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is working with the United Nations to rid Syria of its declared stockpile of such weapons. The OPCW said this week that 80 % of those chemicals have been removed from the country or destroyed.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that chlorine was not on the list of chemicals that Syria declared last year when it agreed to destroy the arms under international pressure.

Washington and its allies say Mr. Assad's forces unleashed sarin gas last year, killing hundreds of civilians. The Syrian government said it was the opposition fighters who used the chemical weapons.美國官員說，有跡象表明敘利亞反對派控制的一個地區本月曾發生化學毒氣襲擊。

白宮發言人卡尼星期一說，據稱敘利亞西部卡弗爾吉塔村遇襲時出現了一種工業化學制劑，可能是氯氣。

禁止化學武器組織正與聯合國協作，努力清除敘利亞宣稱擁有的化學武器。該組織本星期表示，敘利亞80%的化武已經移到境外或予以銷燬。

美國國務院發言人莎琪星期一說，氯氣沒有列在敘利亞去年宣稱擁有的化武清單上，當時敘利亞當局迫於國際社會的壓力，同意銷燬化武。

美國及其盟國說，阿薩德的軍隊去年使用了沙林毒氣，造成數百平民死亡。敘利亞政府說，使用沙林毒氣的是反政府武裝。