Obama's Shocking Case For Attacking Syria: Gruesome Series Of Videos Taken In Aftermath Of Gas Attacks That White House Is Using In Closed-Door Briefings To Persuade Lawmakers To Back US Strikes -- Daily Mail
* The Obama is showing the new footage to members of Congress to drum up support for his plan for military intervention in Syria
* Of the 1,429 people killed in the August attack, at least 426 were children
* In one of the more heartbreaking videos, a room is full of what appear to be the lifeless bodies of dozens of children. In another, men are seen foaming at the mouth and having convulsions
President Barack Obama has been showing an officially-verified collection of 13 graphic videos to lawmakers that depict the horrors of the chemical gas attacks in Syria in behind-closed-door briefings - as he lobbies to win approval for his plan to use military force against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
So far, support for the president's plan has been sparse, with even fellow Democrats opposing the use of military force in Syria. He is preparing a media blitz for Monday and promised Americans in his weekly address on Saturday that 'This would not be another Iraq or Afghanistan.'
CNN first obtained the official White House collection of 13 videos showing the carnage of the August 21 chemical weapons attack near the rebel stronghold of Demascus.
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