{"id":37324,"date":"2013-08-29T16:30:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37324"},"modified":"2013-08-29T17:58:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T21:58:43","slug":"un-official-it-was-rebels-who-used-sarin-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37324","title":{"rendered":"UN official in May: It was rebels who used sarin in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s Note: My bad, the Washington Times article is from May.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Washington Times<\/a> reports that one of the UN inspectors, a rather controversial one, at that, told Swiss TV that the inspectors of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria that they suspect the rebels of using sarin gas in that war;<\/p>\n

Carla del Ponte, a member of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, told Swiss TV there were \u201cstrong, concrete suspicions but not yet incontrovertible proof,\u201d that rebels seeking to oust Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad had used the nerve agent.<\/p>\n

But she said her panel had not yet seen any evidence of Syrian government forces using chemical weapons, according to the BBC, but she added that more investigation was needed.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Uh, oh. So who do we punish now? <\/p>\n

AFP reports<\/a> that UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon is asking the US to hold off until the inspectors have a chance to brief him. The UN isn’t known for moving too quickly on these matters. I guess he expects them to be out of the country by Saturday, though.<\/p>\n

The Obama Administration contradicts the UN inspector, absolutely convinced that the Syrian government used the gas, says CNN<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Obama’s declaration to “PBS NewsHour” came at the end of a day that saw Russia and China walk out of a U.N. Security Council meeting as word surfaced Britain planned to pursue a resolution to authorize the use of force against Syria, even as United Nations weapons inspectors were in Syria assessing whether chemical weapons have been used.<\/p>\n

“We do not believe that, given the delivery systems, using rockets, that the opposition could have carried out these attacks. We have concluded that the Syrian government in fact carried these out,” Obama told “NewsHour.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Boehner finally asks what I’ve been asking the last few days;<\/p>\n

“What is the intended effect of the potential military strikes?” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, wrote the president on Wednesday as the drumbeat of war grew louder.<\/p>\n

Exasperated members of the House and Senate said the president has failed to make a case for U.S. military action against Syria despite the administration’s conclusion that the Syrian government carried out a large-scale chemical weapons attack against civilians last week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently, they’re discussing it now<\/a>. I’m not sure that I trust the word of a rogue UN inspector, but certainly, her assessment has to be considered. And, probably more importantly, what do we do if the al-Qaeda-linked rebels do indeed have a way of using sarin. The answer to that question would have some impact outside of Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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