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Source: U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Statement by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a Stakeout on Syria



The Council heard this morning from the Secretary General on the findings of Dr. Sellstrom and his team of chemical weapons experts. Before I say anything else, let me do as I assume my colleagues has done which is to express the great admiration that the United States has and President Obama has personally for the inspectors who put their lives on the line to try to bring back this evidence so the world would know what happened on August 21st.

It is no secret that they ran into significant security problems on the ground, but that did not stop them from moving forward. And again, seeking and in the end succeeding in bringing this important information back. So we have great admiration for them.

As you have already heard from the Secretary General and from my colleague Ambassador Lyall Grant, the UN report confirms unmistakably that chemical weapons were used in Syria on August 21st.

Now, the mandate of the chemical weapons team, was as you well know, not to investigate culpability, but the technical details of the UN report make clear that only the regime could have carried out this large-scale chemical weapons attack. We will analyze the UN’s findings in greater detail, very carefully.


Read more: http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/214290.htm

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Technical details of UN report make clear that only Assad could have carried out this large-scale CWattack

USA: Sarin gas of a higher quality than by Saddam + Assad's 122mm rockets use; On-site weapons professionally made.

Days prior to attack, Assad forces prepared for attack: distributing masks; Rockets fired from Regime area.

350 liter Sarin in chemical gas attack on Damascus suburbs. Sarin quality was higher than Saddam Hussein's


Cyrillic writing on them. No wonder Russia has been so obstinate :

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