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| Russia says Syrian rebels used nerve gas |
| 2013-07-10 |
| [USATODAY] Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that Russian experts determined that Syrian rebels made sarin nerve gas and used it in a deadly attack outside Aleppo in March. International analysts say a chemical weapon attack occurred March 19 in the government-controlled Aleppo suburb of Khan al-Assal. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin blamed opposition fighters for the attack, which he said killed 26 people, including 16 military personnel, and injured 86 others. The rebels have blamed the government for the attack. Churkin told news hounds after delivering an 80-page report to Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon that the Assad regime asked Russia, its closest ally, to investigate the attack after a U.N. team of chemical weapons experts was unable to enter the country in a dispute over the probe's scope. The samples taken from the impact site of the gas-laden projectile were analyzed at a Russian laboratory certified by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Churkin said. The ambassador said the results of the analysis indicate the Bashar 3 rocket "was not industrially manufactured and was filled with sarin." He said the samples indicated the sarin and the projectile were produced in "cottage industry" conditions. The absence of chemical stabilizers, which are needed for long-term storage and later use, indicated its "possibly recent production," Churkin said. "Therefore, there is every reason to believe that it was the armed opposition fighters who used the chemical weapons in Khan al-Assal," Churkin said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 20 innings with each scoring double digits, second basemen pitching by the time its done. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-07-10 20:01 |
| #3 Can't both lose somehow, Huport? |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-07-10 13:33 |
| #2 must be the first war i can remember that i dont know what side i want to win. |
| Posted by: Huport Juper9040 2013-07-10 13:30 |
| #1 The US is rejecting Russia's claim. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-07-10 02:00 |