Posted on 08/22/2013 4:39:11 PM PDT by Libloather
The Obama administration said Thursday it was unable to conclusively determine whether chemical weapons were used in an attack on civilians last week in Syria and pressed for a United Nations probe.
The president has directed the intel community here in the United States to urgently gather additional information. That is our focus on this end, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
At this time, right now, we are unable to conclusively determine [chemical weapons] use, but we are focused every minute of every day since these events happened yesterday on doing everything possible within our power to nail down the facts, she added.
Psaki demanded that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government allow U.N. investigators already in the country to visit the site of the latest reported attack.
The Syrian opposition says more than 1,000 people were killed in five attacks on the outskirts of Damascus, alleging that Assads forces used rockets with chemical weapons.
Psaki said the administration is weighing further steps if the reports are true.
The White House announced two months ago that it would be arming rebel forces seeking Assads ouster after concluding the Syrian strongman had used poison gas previously. But some lawmakers are demanding greater involvement, such as enforcing a no-fly zone over areas occupied by the opposition.
If these reports are true, it would be an outrageous and flagrant escalation of the use of chemical weapons by the regime, so our focus is on nailing down the facts, Psaki said. The president, of course, has a range of options that we've talked about before that he can certainly consider and, of course, discuss with his national security team.
we now know where Saddam’s WMD’s are...
The president has directed the intel community here in the United States to urgently gather additional information. That is our focus on this end, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
At this time, right now, we are unable to conclusively determine [chemical weapons] use, but we are focused every minute of every day since these events happened yesterday on doing everything possible within our power to nail down the facts, she added.
Oh right Jen, we know, focused like a friking laser beam.
Another GayMuzzie set-up, he’s using the same play book, more or less. F&F, MuzzieMissiles, now nerve gas.
The common themes that bring them together are covert action, lying, blaming some crisis on some other entity.
Even Oprey-flying Bo probably doesn’t believe GayMuzzie when he’s called to come.
I’m not on Assad’s “side” I just know you can’t trust ANYTHING the Obama Regime does or says.
Of course there was no chemical weapons attack. Just some people getting excited over an internet video.
All those dead bodies aren’t a clue.
Delivered by rocket? Surely we have imagery on that. If not, someone needs to get fired.
From the video I have seen, I don’t see much evidence of the type abrasive wounds a person writhing about on the pavement in agony could be expected to receive.
Yeah and they have never been able to find their own arse with both hands and a mirror.
LLS
Won’t rest until.........
The only chemical weapons that have been used are the ones Obama gave to the rebels.
Obama surely does not want any investigation, since all arrows point to him.
“Hey achmed... what is in the barrel? Shoot it and let us see”
It’s hard to prove that the Syrian Army is using the chemical weapons because the insurgents (aka AQ) are the ones actually using them. They are losing and this is a last ditch effort to draw the stupid Western governments into assisting them. To them, the civilians killed are nothing more than “involuntary” martyrs that rate no virgins.
She is one of the least believable in govt.
Would Ms Powers please pick up the white courtesy phone? Ms. Powers, the white courtesy phone?
Assad is supposedly “winning”.
Why would he order WMDs?
I do believe the “rebels” would certainly use any weapon they could get their hands on, if they could, in their PR games.I don't believe much of anything a group of liars say about anything.
I also know neither side would bat an eye at killing a large number of their “fellow citizens” for the “cause”.
But it is possible there was a mass killing.
To date, the victims have not been identified as “Christians”, which would be believable.
But which side killed them, would still be up in the air.
When there are no “good guys” to back, best to let them kill each other at will, and stay out of it.
We will be fighting whoever “wins” anyway.
I saw the video on CNN yesterday and a “dead” kid blinked. This is Pallywood bs.
Breaking - State Department unable to confirm Syria exists.
"The only chemical weapons that have been used are the ones Obama gave to the rebels."
There may be many different pictures out there but the ones I saw looked fake. C’mon, nobody over there tells the truth even in good times, let alone during a war.
Other than trying to get Christians out of Syria and Egypt (which I’m sure Obama won’t do), we have no business getting involved.
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