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The following video was just sent to me by @Paradoxy13 , showing the type of munition linked to alleged chemical attacks being loaded and fired by what appears to be Assad's forcesFirst we see the munition arriving by truckHere we see it loaded on the launcher, a tube launcher as predicted, on the back of a truckThe munition is then raised into firing positionAnd launchedAlso note among the group men in red beretsRed berets are worn by members of the Syrian Republican Guard , also known as the Presidential Guard, as well as the military police Just to clarify, as it's confused some people, the August 21st CW attack was at night, but this video shows the munition being used by the government forces, something it has used several times before (see here ), so while it might not be the CW attack, it shows the government using them. I also believe there's a high explosive version of this munition as well, as seen in Homs Nic Jenzen-Jones has more information on this munition on his blog I've just been contacted by the activists who filmed this, who said "This is fired from the areas to the east and north east of Al-Mezzeh Airport around Daraya."Nic Jenzen-Jones highlights on his excellent blog post on these munitions a photograph from November showing a launcher he identifies as an Iranian Falaq-2 loaded with what could be the same munition. The earliest video of this type of munition is from January 2013