U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Reuters
The Guardian: Assad regime used chlorine as a chemical weapon, says US
Chlorine use in May marks first confirmed violation of ban since Trump authorized airstrikes in 2018 over Syria’s use of poison gas.
The United States has concluded that the government of Bashar al-Assad used chlorine as a chemical weapon in May, marking the first confirmed violation of the ban on chemical weapons since Donald Trump authorized airstrikes in 2018 over Syria’s use of poison gas.
“The Assad regime is responsible for innumerable atrocities some of which rise to the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity,” the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, told a news conference in New York, where he has been attending the UN general assembly.
“Today I am announcing that the United States has concluded that the Assad regime used chlorine as a chemical weapon on 19 May,” Pompeo said.
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For a period of time between 2016-2017 the rebels used chlorine gas shells weekly. Weekly! The government doesn't bother with that stuff at all because it doesn't actually kill the targets, and they're well aware of what the consequences are if they actually were to use them. How many times now has the CIA claimed the Syrian government used some sort of "chemical weapon" only for the investigation to reveal that it was actually the doing of the Turkish backed rebels? More than I can count on both hands. I imagine this case is no different.
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