Sarin is an extremely potent acetylcholinesterase (AchE) inhibitor. (click here) It is possible to survive a Sarin release. It is important to realize what occurred within this release. I caution Assad to being this stupid. President Obama was the President that saw the end of Quaddfi among others.
Given there are people that survived the release, they would have information about their circumstances when it occurred. This reporting by The Independent was today. So, this is new information.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Sim Sengupta
...The claims (click here) that chemical agents have been used in the conflict comes at a time when stalemate on the ground, disunity among the political opposition and growing unease about the predominance of extremists among rebel fighters has led to calls for a renewed push for peace....