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09-01-2013, 03:32 PM
WASHINGTON — International chemical weapons experts generally agree that the evidence presented Friday in an unclassified U.S. report about the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria seems stronger than the faulty intelligence employed to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
But doubts remain.
“There are lots of things that aren’t spelled out,” said Richard Guthrie, formerly project leader of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Project of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
For example, the report refers to intercepted communications among Syrian regime officials, Guthrie said, but it provides no transcripts.
“That’s the difficulty,” he said. “There’s still this problem of, ‘Trust us, we have more intelligence.’”
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/30/200931/chemical-weapons-experts-weigh.html#.UiIJe39IU8g#storylink=cpy
But doubts remain.
“There are lots of things that aren’t spelled out,” said Richard Guthrie, formerly project leader of the Chemical and Biological Warfare Project of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
For example, the report refers to intercepted communications among Syrian regime officials, Guthrie said, but it provides no transcripts.
“That’s the difficulty,” he said. “There’s still this problem of, ‘Trust us, we have more intelligence.’”
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/30/200931/chemical-weapons-experts-weigh.html#.UiIJe39IU8g#storylink=cpy