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In reply to the discussion: Statement by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a St [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)5. Did you leave out the paragraph that said the found evidence had been handled/moved prior to
the inspectors arrival by accident? also if the writing is Cyrillic why aren't the numbers?
here is the entire document, appendix 5 is the salient part and what is partially cited by the OP, leaving out the mentioned paragraph, sorry it is a scribed document and I can not copy/paste the paragraph I mentioned, or I would do so
http://www.scribd.com/doc/168606795/U-N-Report-on-Chemical-Attack-in-Syria
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Statement by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At a St [View all]
Sand Wind
Sep 2013
OP
A compelling case has been made that Sarin was used and all the implications point at the government
Agnosticsherbet
Sep 2013
#2
No. The 140mm rockets killed about 100 people - the rest were killed elsewhere by improvised rockets
leveymg
Sep 2013
#13
We shall see. This report suggests that it is rather certain that the Assad government used
JDPriestly
Sep 2013
#15
That remains a possibility, but is less likely than it was before the report.
JDPriestly
Sep 2013
#18
Only a relatively small number were military rockets observed to come from the direction of gov't
leveymg
Sep 2013
#19
Did you leave out the paragraph that said the found evidence had been handled/moved prior to
azurnoir
Sep 2013
#5
what is very damning is the fact the UN team states unequivocally that the evidence
azurnoir
Sep 2013
#16
Russia's quick response to offer an agreement suggests to me that Russia knows very well
JDPriestly
Sep 2013
#20
There is another explanation for why Russia AND Assad moved quickly to give up CWs: loss of control
leveymg
Sep 2013
#25
It would cause an uproar and goes so far against the conventional narrative it could set off
leveymg
Sep 2013
#49
I was citing the UN inspection teamns report so you're cherry picking that? n/t
azurnoir
Sep 2013
#31
No they didn't. That's your attempt to spin their words to give cover to your boy Assad.nt
geek tragedy
Sep 2013
#52
You sound exactly like his defense lawyer will if they ever get him out of power alive.
geek tragedy
Sep 2013
#54
The report established nothing of the sort that was not the mission of the UN team
azurnoir
Sep 2013
#58
it does not say that it says the evidence was moved /handled prior to the teams inspections
azurnoir
Sep 2013
#38
That is NOT the statement from the UN report you made up that entire statement
azurnoir
Sep 2013
#41