Wednesday, September 18, 2013

U.N. Calculations On Syrian Gas Attack Points To Assad’s Forces

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U.N. Calculations Of Poison Rockets’ Paths Implicate Syrian Guard Unit -- McClatchy News

BERLIN — A U.N. report detailing the scientific evidence behind the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria carefully avoided laying blame for the incident. But the report’s details, particularly its calculations of the trajectories of the rockets that delivered poison gas to two Damascus suburbs, point directly at President Bashar Assad’s regime, experts concluded Tuesday after a day spent studying the U.N. findings.

Until this week, the public case against the Syrian government was based on trust in American, British and French assessments that were based largely on logic and conjecture but provided little detail about where information had come from. But the U.N. report, released Monday in New York, was filled with details gathered by inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and was written with care so as to provide evidence without taking sides.

Specialists, however, said the report provided undeniable evidence that the rockets were launched from points outside the control of Syrian rebel fighters.

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Update: U.N. Data on Gas Attack Points to Assad’s Top Forces -- New York Times

My Comment: Russia is unconvinced .... in fact .... Russia says it has proof that it is the rebels who are behind the deadly chemical attack in Syria.

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