UN experts head to Damascus suburb, activists say

UN experts head to Damascus suburb, activists say

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - U.N. chemical weapons experts headed to a Damascus suburb today for a new tour of areas struck by a purported poison gas attack, activists said, as Western powers laid the groundwork for a possible punitive strike and the U.N. chief pleaded for more time for diplomacy. U.S. leaders, including Vice President Joe Biden, have charged that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government fired deadly chemical weapons near Damascus last week.