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Originally Posted by Ducay
Its not that they'd fake it, but it could have been a rebel faction (god knows how many are at play right now) that used it against another or general civilians in order to try and bait NATO into it. Look how quickly the UN called a special meeting over it.
The timing just doesn't make any sense for Assad to have done it. Sure there's been some gains made in that area, but other areas have been lost to Assad and they've faught harder to retake them and not even once considered using chemicals. He then uses them right near the capital when UN observers are there? Something is up either way.
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I gotta agree with the Captain on this one. I'm not sure how the rebels would get their hands on chemical weapons for one, and two, it doesn't really lend itself to a guerrilla style fight.
I agree it doesn't make sense for Assad to use them, however, that's hardly proof that he didn't. Leaders, especially dictators have done stupid and cruel things throughout history, often at dumb times. Could be Assad is just feeling invincible since we've seen Russia block the west and the UN at every pass, and he just wants to stop the rebels in their tracks with fear.
Either way, it does look like something nasty was used by someone there. The west and/or the UN has got to get in there.