'Syria used chemical weapons on its citizens' ....report claims.

[fyddell]

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. intelligence has concluded "with some degree of varying confidence," that the Syrian government has used sarin gas as a weapon in its 2-year-old civil war, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.

Hagel, speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi, said the White House has informed two senators by letter that, within the past day, "our intelligence community does assess, with varying degrees of confidence, that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically, the chemical agent sarin."

"It violates every convention of warfare," Hagel said.

No information was made public on what quantity of chemical weapons might have been used, or when or what casualties might have resulted.

President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons would be a "game-changer" in the U.S. position on intervening in the Syrian civil war, and the letter to Congress reiterates that the use or transfer of chemical weapons in Syria is a "red line for the United States." However, the letter also hints that a broad U.S. response is not imminent.

White House legislative director Miguel Rodriguez, who signed the letter, wrote that "because the president takes this issue so seriously, we have an obligation to fully investigate any and all evidence of chemical weapons use within Syria."

The letters went to Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich.

The assessment, Rodriguez says, is based in part on "physiological samples."
He also said the U.S. believes that the use of chemical weapons "originated with the Assad regime." That is consistent with the Obama administration's assertion that the Syrian rebels do not have access to the country's stockpiles.

In Washington, McCain quoted from the letter the White House sent to several senators who had pressed the administration about Syria's possible use of chemical weapons.

"We just received a letter from the president in response to our question about whether Assad had used chemical weapons," McCain told reporters following a closed briefing with Secretary of State John Kerry on Syria and North Korea.

 

[fyddell]

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. intelligence has concluded "with some degree of varying confidence," that the Syrian government has used sarin gas as a weapon in its 2-year-old civil war, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.
Hagel, speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi, said the White House has informed two senators by letter that, within the past day, "our intelligence community does assess, with varying degrees of confidence, that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically, the chemical agent sarin."
"It violates every convention of warfare," Hagel said.
No information was made public on what quantity of chemical weapons might have been used, or when or what casualties might have resulted.
President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons would be a "game-changer" in the U.S. position on intervening in the Syrian civil war, and the letter to Congress reiterates that the use or transfer of chemical weapons in Syria is a "red line for the United States." However, the letter also hints that a broad U.S. response is not imminent.
White House legislative director Miguel Rodriguez, who signed the letter, wrote that "because the president takes this issue so seriously, we have an obligation to fully investigate any and all evidence of chemical weapons use within Syria."
The letters went to Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich.
The assessment, Rodriguez says, is based in part on "physiological samples."
He also said the U.S. believes that the use of chemical weapons "originated with the Assad regime." That is consistent with the Obama administration's assertion that the Syrian rebels do not have access to the country's stockpiles.
In Washington, McCain quoted from the letter the White House sent to several senators who had pressed the administration about Syria's possible use of chemical weapons.
"We just received a letter from the president in response to our question about whether Assad had used chemical weapons," McCain told reporters following a closed briefing with Secretary of State John Kerry on Syria and North Korea.

 

[MaxShimba]

Pathetic people.

 

[MaxShimba]

[h=3]Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has revealed that SYRIA has USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON ITS PEOPLE[/h]

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has revealed that SYRIA has USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON ITS PEOPLE. On any rebel or opponent to President Assad's vicious government. How do world leaders respond? But Syria DOESN'T HAVE CHEMICAL WEAPONS remember? And where could they have gotten them?
IRAQI stockpiles...migrated to Syrian hideouts.

 

[ZeMarcopolo]

This is so bad!!!

 

[Natalia]

Politicians will never go to heaven trust me

 

[MaxShimba]

Washington: US intelligence agencies believe Syria's government has likely used chemical weapons on a small scale, the White House said on Thursday, but added that President Barack Obama needed "credible and corroborated" facts before acting on that assessment.

The disclosure of the assessment, which Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said was made within the past 24 hours and the White House said was based in part on physiological samples, triggered immediate calls for US action by members of Congress who advocate deeper US involvement.

But while President Barack Obama declared that Syrian use of chemical weapons would be a game-changer, his administration made clear it would move carefully - mindful of the lessons of the start of the Iraq war 10 years ago.

--CLIP
"Given the stakes involved, and what we have learned from our own recent experiences, intelligence assessments alone are not sufficient - only credible and corroborated facts that provide us with some degree of certainty will guide our decision-making," Miguel Rodriguez, White House director of the office of legislative affairs, said in a letter to lawmakers.

Read more: US believes Syria used chemical weapons but says facts needed | NDTV.com

 

[MaxShimba]

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[TD]the Military-Industrial complex and a certain Apartheid state.
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[Ipyanah]

"with some degree of varying confidence," Will later on turn on to a full scale war.

 

[Ivonya-Ngia]

Military-political propaganda, yaleyale ya Saddam Hussein kumiliki WMD ili kuhalalisha uvamizi.

I never trust the west when talking about their opponents, not only about Syria or China or Zimbabwe or Russia, I mean any threat against western interests.

Too greed, ati they once included Madiba's name in the terrorists' list. Negative for this clue from the US intelligence source!!!

 

[KennedyMmari]

hizi ni western propaganda,hakuna ukweli wowote,wanatafuta excuse ya kuvamia syria kijeshi kwa kuanza kuintroduce "no fly zone" kama Libya...hawa mabeberu ni bloodsuckers,bloodthirsty na warmongers,barack obama is another hitler after george bush

 

[Nonda]

There is "limited but growing" evidence that Syrian government troops have used chemical weapons, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says.

"It is extremely serious, this is a war crime," Mr Cameron told the BBC.

BBC News - 'Growing evidence' of chemical weapons use in Syria - UK

Hapa wanywadamu wa US na UK wanakwenda hatua moja mbele kuingia vitani.
Kitakachofata ni ICC na No fly zone.(kuua wasiria na kuiondoa serikali ya syria)

 

[Nonda]

Two Syrian officials have denied Western allegations that the government in Damascus has used chemical weapons against foreign-backed militants.


An unnamed Syrian government official said on Friday that President Bashar Assad's military "did not and will not use chemical weapons even if it had them," AP news agency reported.

He added that the Syrian army has no need for using chemical weapons "because it is capable of reaching any area in Syria it wants" without them.
PressTV - Syrian officials deny government use of chemical weapons

 

[Nonda]

Syria says it will allow Russian experts to probe the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Arab country.

PressTV - Syria to allow Russia to probe alleged use of chemical weapons

 

[Nonda]

The US, Israel and Britain are accusing Syria of using chemical weapons in a bid to justify their plans for invading the country in a repetition of the casus belli used for the 2003 attack on Iraq, Press TV reports.


US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Thursday claimed that American intelligence community has made an assessment "with varying degrees of confidence" that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons on a small scale.

PressTV - US steps up war rhetoric against Syria by claiming chemical arms use

 

[Nonda]

US lacks evidence in accusing Syria of using chemical weapons

US lacks evidence in accusing Syria of using chemical weapons ? RT USA

 

[Elungata]

Duh,asadd kakomaa tunakwenda mwaka wa tatu sasa.

 

[Nonda]

Duh,asadd kakomaa tunakwenda mwaka wa tatu sasa.

US President Barack Obama has vowed a "vigorous investigation" into reports Syria has used chemical weapons, warning they will be a "game changer" for US policy if proven true.

"We have varying degrees of confidence about the actual use, there's a range of questions about how, when, where these weapons have been used."

"Horrific as it is when mortars are being fired on civilians and people are being indiscriminately killed, to use potential weapons of mass destruction on civilian populations crosses another line with respect to international norms and international law.

"All of us, not just the United States, but around the world, have to recognise how we cannot stand by and permit the systematic use of weapons like chemical weapons on civilian populations," he said.

BBC News - Barack Obama warns Syria chemical arms a 'game changer'


Wanywadamu wameanza kutayarisha Tomhawk Missiles!

 

[Nonda]

The last two weeks have seen a series of victories for the Syrian Army across Syria. It appears that 2 full companies of so-called "Free Syrian Army" fighters have been annihilated near Damascus, while government forces have restored order in parts of Homs and along the previously porous Lebanese-Syrian border.

Time has run out for the West, and it appears that they are desperately seeking any excuse to rescue their failing proxy war. When urgent, but otherwise unjustified military intervention is needed, a "humanitarian" pretext is usually invented

Zaidi hapa » US Unveils Iraq WMD "Curveball-Style" Lies Vs. Syria Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

 

[Nonda]

New allegations claim Syrian chemical weapons use. We've heard similar ones before. Obama calls using them a "game changer." He also said their use crosses a "red line."

Syrian officials are unequivocal. Weeks earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad spoke for others saying:

"Syria stresses again, for the 10th, the 100th time, that if we had such weapons, they would not be used against our people. We would not commit suicide."

Alleging Syrian chemical weapons use resembles bogus claims about Saddam's nonexistent WMDs. It's similar to false charges against all US enemies.

Big Lies launch wars. They facilitate them. They perpetuate them. Building a Pretext for an All Out War against Syria? Allegations of Chemical Weapons Use | Global Research