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1. I don't see how that lends any credence to the reports that it was the insurgents

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 12:19 PM

Sep 2014

who used chemical weapons in Syria. Juan Cole thought that claim was ridiculous and wrote about why at the time.

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ISIL Uses Chlorine Gas in Attack. [View all] grahamhgreen Sep 2014 OP

UN accuses Syrian rebels of chemical weapons use: grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #7

Look at that leap! FSogol Sep 2014 #2

What leap? grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #8

A clue: It starts with, "Guess this lends credence..." FSogol Sep 2014 #9

See #7 above grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #10

Sarin and chlorine gas are two very different things. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #4

Are we sure this isn't another false flag operation Maedhros Sep 2014 #5

You have no evidence that the 2013 attack was false flag. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #6

So...those airstrikes didnt work, eh? leftstreet Sep 2014 #11