'UN Says 'Rebels' Used Nerve Gas, NOT Assad's Army', Explosion in Damascus & Assad Flees - Vid

[DamianTV]

I'll grab more verifiable sources as they become available. Expect this post to be Edited heavily.

http://www.livetradingnews.com/un-of...-army-6636.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...our-blitz.html
https://twitter.com/Muoosh/status/372453466012397568
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...try-air-strike
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ne...5#.Uh1HBdI3vxA
https://twitter.com/search?q=explosi...;mode=realtime

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http://guardianlv.com/2013/08/syrian...ebels-says-un/

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UPDATE: This article was updated to clarify one or two points that some of our readers found misleading: The chemical attack earlier this year was widely blamed on the Syrian regime. It is this attack that the UN now concludes was carried out by Syrian rebels. It appears unlikely – for a number of reasons – that the most recent August 21st attack was carried out by government forces – despite the rush to judgement within the international community – although this has yet to be fully determined. It is clear that both sides in the Syrian conflict have the means to use chemical weapons and it would be misguided to assume that either side has a moral objection to such attacks.

As Jean Pascal Zanders, formerly of the European Union Institute for Security Studies, has pointed out ”In fact, we – the public – know very little beyond the observation of outward symptoms of asphyxiation and possible exposure to neurotoxicants, despite the mass of images and film footage. For the West’s credibility, I think that governments should await the results of the U.N. investigation.”

An Editorial by Graham J Noble

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[Superfly]

Bump. The WarHawks must be stopped.

[orenbus]

Is the UN Representative talking about the chemical attack that happened recently (August) when interviewed by Swiss TV or is it the attack that happened earlier this year?

I'm confused having read the update to this article:

http://guardianlv.com/2013/08/syrian...ebels-says-un/

UPDATE: This article was updated to clarify one or two points that some of our readers found misleading: The chemical attack earlier this year was widely blamed on the Syrian regime. It is this attack that the UN now concludes was carried out by Syrian rebels. It appears unlikely – for a number of reasons – that the most recent August 21st attack was carried out by government forces – despite the rush to judgement within the international community – although this has yet to be fully determined. It is clear that both sides in the Syrian conflict have the means to use chemical weapons and it would be misguided to assume that either side has a moral objection to such attacks.

[pcosmar]

Is the UN Representative talking about the chemical attack that happened recently (August) when interviewed by Swiss TV or is it the attack that happened earlier this year?

I'm confused having read the update to this article:

http://guardianlv.com/2013/08/syrian...ebels-says-un/

Earlier this year. But the rebels have been caught with CW twice since then,, and filmed themselves launching them.

There is no reason to believe this was not Rebels as well,, unless it is just used as an excuse to depose Assad.

[orenbus]

Again this is reports regarding the attack back in March not August, just for clarification.

[AngryCanadian]

Assad Flees what?