Obama Holds Syria Accountable in Attack.

President Barack Obamawill hold theSyrian government accountable for the “indiscriminate slaughter” of its own people with chemical weapons, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerrysaid. “The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons, is a moral obscenity,” Kerry told reporters in Washingtontoday. “President Obamabelieves there must be accountabilityfor those who would use the world’s most heinous weapons against the world’s most vulnerable people.” Obama hasn’t decided whether the U.S. will take military action in Syria, according to an administration officialwho asked for anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Kerry said the evidence is “undeniable” that chemical weapons were used against residents of a Damascus suburb last week and that President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has the toxic weapons and the capability to deploy them. Suggestions that reports of the attack have been fabricated are groundless, he said. “Anyone who could claim that an attack of this staggering scale could be contrived or fabricated needs to check their conscience and their own moral compass,” Kerry said. “What isbefore us today is real, and it is compelling.” ‘Additional Information’ While a United Nations team is investigating the alleged chemical attack, Kerry said the U.S. already has “additional information” that is “being compiled and reviewed together with our partners.” Kerry criticized Assad’s regime for delays in allowing UN inspectors to travel to the site and continued shelling that he said has destroyed evidence.