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In reply to the discussion: Do you believe that Obama installed a Nazi government in Ukraine to steal their resources? [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)9. UN: Chemical weapons used in Syria appear to come from army stockpile
Chemical weapons used in two incidents in Syria last year appear to come from the stockpiles of the Syrian military, United Nations human rights investigators said on Wednesday in a report that went beyond previous findings.
The team of independent experts, led by Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro, said that so far they had confirmed the deadly nerve agent sarin was used in three incidents: the Damascus suburb of al-Ghouta on August 21, in Khan al-Assal near Aleppo in March 2013 and in Saraqeb near the northern town of Idlib last April. The first two attacks bore "the same unique hallmarks", according to the team of some two dozen investigators who include a military advisor.
"The evidence available concerning the nature, quality and quantity of the agents used on 21 August indicated that the perpetrators likely had access to the chemical weapons stockpile of the Syrian military, as well as the expertise and equipment necessary to manipulate safely large amount of chemical agents," the U.N. investigators said in the report.
The Syrian government and the opposition have accused each other of using chemical weapons, banned under international law, and both have denied it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/05/us-syria-crisis-chemical-idUSBREA240SF20140305
The team of independent experts, led by Brazilian Paulo Pinheiro, said that so far they had confirmed the deadly nerve agent sarin was used in three incidents: the Damascus suburb of al-Ghouta on August 21, in Khan al-Assal near Aleppo in March 2013 and in Saraqeb near the northern town of Idlib last April. The first two attacks bore "the same unique hallmarks", according to the team of some two dozen investigators who include a military advisor.
"The evidence available concerning the nature, quality and quantity of the agents used on 21 August indicated that the perpetrators likely had access to the chemical weapons stockpile of the Syrian military, as well as the expertise and equipment necessary to manipulate safely large amount of chemical agents," the U.N. investigators said in the report.
The Syrian government and the opposition have accused each other of using chemical weapons, banned under international law, and both have denied it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/05/us-syria-crisis-chemical-idUSBREA240SF20140305
Not really a surprise but good information to know. It was the global reaction to the al-Ghouta attack last August that led to the agreement to destroy all of Syria's chemical weapons.
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Do you believe that Obama installed a Nazi government in Ukraine to steal their resources? [View all]
cthulu2016
Apr 2014
OP
I think that the West had generally much less to do with what happened in Ukraine...
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2014
#4
It requires a double-theory of the CIA feigning incompetence all these years.
cthulu2016
Apr 2014
#6
Yeah, Rachel Maddow did a humorous piece on the CIA. She talked about all the world events
okaawhatever
Apr 2014
#18
One problem I see is the "Government Assessment" being not a "Intelligence summary"
jakeXT
Apr 2014
#12
And this is why the British Parliament voted against military intervention which
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#17
No. I think the our government helped overthrow the government and didn't care much
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2014
#16
Re the Sarin Gas incident, that has been disputed over and over by investigators and many
sabrina 1
Apr 2014
#20
Anyone who believes the Ukraine govt are Nazis is falling for Russian propaganda.
baldguy
Apr 2014
#23
Obama? Hell no. The U.S. govt (which has been doing this since before I was born)? Maybe. nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2014
#30