It was possible that the Syrian rebels have some chemical weapons, he (John Kerry) acknowledged.

[BelgianMadCow]

That's a first.

"Providing this framework is fully implemented it can end the threat these weapons pose not only to the Syrian people but also their neighbors," Kerry said adding that Russian and US teams of experts had reached "a shared assessment" of the existing stockpile and that Syria must destroy all of its weapons. It was possible that the Syrian rebels have some chemical weapons, he acknowledged.

So the "shared assesment" seems to include CW in the rebels' hands. Interesting, and important for the full picture.

From RT. Their video report also acknowledged this was a first, the US admitting to that.

No need to flame me about RT links. I take them with as large a grain of salt as any US M$M.

[leveymg]

1. Funny. That possibility didn't enter your assessment of who was responsible for 8/21. Not at all.

Interesting how the acknowledged facts seem to change with the context. Can't see or touch the bottom at Foggy Bottom.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended for acknowledgment.

Thanks for the thread, BelgianMadCow.

[Bolo Boffin]

3. I invite all "syrian rebels did it" advocates to Creative Speculation to discuss their evidence.

Early bird no-prizes!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Here are two pieces of evidence that suggest that the rebels have chemical weapons and

the tragedy was actually an accident.

The OP on meegbear's thread has a link showing the rebels using child laborers handling their munitions.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3637223

I posted on his thread as well post #7 which links to an article stating the rebels have chemical weapons supplied by a Saudi supporter and that they mishandled the munitions causing explosions.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/02/syr2-s02.html

MPN published an article with interviews with opposition fighters on the ground in Ghouta. Its two authors are Jordanian freelance journalist Yahya Ababneh and Dale Gavlak, a longtime correspondent for the Associated Press, based in Amman, Jordan for more than two decades, who currently reports for AP and National Public Radio, as well as MPN.

Those interviewed included Abu Abdel-Moneim, whose son was among 13 opposition fighters killed in a tunnel used to store what were apparently chemical weapons.

Abdel-Moneim said the weapons were supplied by a Saudi named Abu Ayesha, who leads a rebel battalion. He described some of the weapons as having a “tube-like structure,” while others were like a “huge gas bottle.” They were stored in tunnels, while the opposition fighters themselves slept in nearby mosques and private homes.

(snip)

An opposition leader in Ghouta told MPN that the Al Nusra Front, one of the main Islamic fundamentalist militias operating in Syria, had custody of the chemical weapons. “They do not share secret information. They merely used some ordinary rebels to carry and operate this material,” he said. “We were very curious about these arms. And unfortunately, some of the fighters handled the weapons improperly and set off the explosions.”

There is another possibility as well, plenty of reports link parts of Al Quaida to the rebels, it's possible they sabotaged the CW stores to draw the U.S. into a broader war, perhaps with Russia?

[Bolo Boffin]

6. The tragedy was an accident - in 12 different places that night.

Like I say, I invite you to Creative Speculation to discuss this.

[Uncle Joe]

7. 1. Do you have proof of 12 different places?

2. I also stated it could've been sabotage.

[grahamhgreen]

4. Shocked;)