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Questions Plague UN Report on Syria

David Wallace | 24.09.2013 19:57 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | History | Cambridge

A senior United Nations official who deals directly with Syrian affairs has told Al-Akhbar that the Syrian government had no involvement in the alleged Ghouta chemical weapons attack: "Of course not, he (President Bashar al-Assad) would be committing suicide.” When asked who he believed was responsible for the use of chemical munitions in Ghouta, the UN official, who would not permit disclosure of his identity, said: “Saudi intelligence was behind the attacks and unfortunately nobody will dare say that.” The official claims that this information was provided by rebels in Ghouta.


A report by the UN Mission to investigate use of chemical weapons (CW) in Ghouta, Syria was released last Monday, but per its mandate, did not assign blame to either the Syrian government or opposition rebels. ....... more ......... by Sharmine Narwani  http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/sandbox/questions-plague-un-report-syria

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