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Chemical Weapons Used Rarely — But With Deadly Effect
(Update at 12:32 p.m.: A new paragraph — second-to-last — was added to reflect sporadic uses of chemical weapons after World War I.)
The use of chemicals weapons last week in Syria, if proved, would put the conflict there on a short list of occasions in which the deadly weapons have been used.
Here is a look at the previous times chemical weapons were deployed in modern times:
Tokyo Subway Attack, March 1995
Thirteen people were killed and 6,000 injured when members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult attacked Tokyo's subway system with sarin gas.
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