Syria Envoy Alleges Rebel Gas Attack, Demands U.N. Investigate
Source: REUTERS
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) Syrias U.N. envoy asked the United Nations on Wednesday to order chemical experts in Damascus to investigate three rebel attacks in which he said Syrian troops inhaled poisonous gas, while Britain pushed for the Security Council to act on the crisis.
The United Nations has received at least 14 reports of possible chemical weapons use during Syrias two-year civil war, and after months of diplomatic wrangling a team of experts, led by Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom, arrived in Syria on August 18.
The U.N. team led by Swedish scientist Ake Sellstrom was initially going to look into three of those incidents, but its priority became investigating an alleged gas attack in the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus last week, which activists say killed hundreds of civilians.
Syrian U.N. Ambassador Bashar Jaafari said he has written to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to ask that Sellstroms team also investigate three heinous incidents that took place in the countryside of Damascus on (August) 22nd, 24th and 25th where members of the Syrian army inhaled poisonous gas.
Read more: http://www.firstpost.com/world/syria-envoy-alleges-rebel-gas-attack-demands-u-n-investigate-1067999.html
GeorgeGist
(25,319 posts)It's a Clusterfuck.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)Let's jump in!
Let's show that our last president, Bush, still has lots of respect....
From the warmongers.
Fuck Bush and Cheney. Put them in jail, already.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Didn't get a lot of play in the MSM because the casualties were relatively limited.
GENEVA | Sun May 5, 2013 6:13pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/us-syria-crisis-un-idUSBRE94409Z20130505
(Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria's civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday.
By Aryn Baker @arynebakerApril 01, 2013
Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/04/01/syrias-civil-war-the-mystery-behind-a-deadly-chemical-attack/#ixzz2dIWUIAV1
David__77
(23,372 posts)It didn't fit the narrative. So the white house, while it immediately lied and condemned the government, dropped the matter pretty quickly.
Javaman
(62,521 posts)Let's hope.