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See for Yourself: Syrian Government Likely Did Not Use Chemical Weapons
by WashingtonsBlog - Open-Publishing - Thursday 9 May 2013See for Yourself: Syrian Government Likely Did Not Use Chemical Weapons
Posted on May 8, 2013 by WashingtonsBlog
Who Should You Believe … The UN Investigator or the U.S.?
Haaretz reported on March 24th, “Jihadists, not Assad, apparently behind reported chemical attack in Syria“.
UN investigator Carla Del Ponte said that there is strong evidence that the rebels used chemical weapons, but that there is not evidence that the government used such weapons:
But the U.S. is blaming the Syrian government for the attacks in Syria.
So who’s right?
The Global Post reported on April 30th:
A closer analysis, however, raises doubts and highlights the challenge of confirming whether the Syrian government–or anyone else–is using chemical weapons…. Looking at video and photos obtained by GlobalPost at the scene, experts say the spent canister found in Younes’ [a victim’s] house and the symptoms displayed by the victims are inconsistent with a chemical weapon such as sarin gas, which is known to be in Syria’s arsenal.
Here’s a picture of the spent canister:
Kurdish police and members of a Kurdish militia gather the remains of a device witnesses say was dropped by a helicopter onto the courtyard staircase of a family home in Sheikh Maqsoud, a neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. Syrians suspect the device is some kind of chemical weapon. But experts have their doubts. – [Rojhat Azad/Courtesy]
The GlobalPost continues: