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Originally Posted by Nich
Hmm, people are very divided on the truth regarding the use of chemical weapons. UN and OPCW seem to agree that chemical weapons have indeed been used in Syria. So in my mind there is no doubt about the use of chemical weapons. The question is whether Assad's military is responsible or not. UN notes that much of the Syrian military stockpiles have been captured by "rebels", so Syrian weaponry could be used by anyone at this stage. |
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/49224.htm
According to this timeline, despite the blame often being put on Assad and the Syrian Regime, fact finding missions have found very little evidence to support this. Rather, it is more likely that Al Qaeda has the resources to produce and use chemical weapons.
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On 23 December 2013 eminent journalist Seymour Hersh reported that, “In the months before the attack, the American intelligence agencies produced a series of highly classified reports, culminating in a formal Operations Order – a planning document that precedes a ground invasion – citing evidence that the al-Nusra Front, a jihadi group affiliated with al-Qaida, had mastered the mechanics of creating sarin and was capable of manufacturing it in quantity. When the attack occurred al-Nusra should have been a suspect, but the administration cherry-picked intelligence to justify a strike against Assad.” Hersh’s report was practically banned in the United States.
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