U.S. spies certain Assad used nerve gas 'after intercepting phone call from panicking Syrian def...

Daily Mail ^ | August 28, 2013 | Amanda Williams and Jill Reilly

[maggief]

The U.S is confident that Syria was behind the deadly chemical weapons attack after intercepting a phone call from a Syrian defence chief demanding an explanation from its chemical weapon military unit for the action, according to new claims.

Just hours after the attack last Wednesday an official at the Syrian Ministry of Defense exchanged panicked phone calls with a leader of the unit, demanding answers, according to website Foreign Policy.

The phone call was intercepted by U.S spies according to the website, and is now the reason that America is confident that it was carried out by the regime.

The US and its allies are gearing up for a probable military strike against Syria that could come within days and would be the most aggressive action by Western powers in the Middle Eastern nation's two-and-a-half-year civil war.

[silverleaf]

This is a very strange source to cite as “proof”

Mr Kerry, if the Syrian Defence Chief was out of the loop on the CW attack, so was Assad! This is not a govt where a General who is part of the regime does ANYTHING without being ordered to do so

So this tends to confirm Assad and his generals were not the ones who ordered this attack

Smells like false flag, ever more

[jmaroneps37]

Gee what if this is true? Can’t believe anything from these people.

[HollyB]

Benghazi: tape. Syria: phone call.

[fatima]

I can’t get the link to work,even on their page.

[Timber Rattler]

Pretty slipshod, in my book, but perhaps that’s just the nature of Syria’s military command structure.

Well, it is an Arab military system after all.

[Adder]

My first thought too...Ok so you intercepted a paniced phone call...what if the answer was a “damnedifiknow”?

too neat...too pat.

i am not buying this at all.

[Timber Rattler]

and if they don’t?

And then I still say we stay out of it.

[Timber Rattler]

Not our spying, but Israeli spying. The Obungo regime already let slip that the bulk of our intelligence on Syria is coming from the Israelis.

[maggief]

???

VIA REUTERS:

6:51 AM
Dan Williams @DanWilliams
RT @HaraldDoornbos : U can see for yourself which ships are sailing close to Syria. Blue dot off coast is US war vessel. Zoom in to check: h…

Harald Doornbos @HaraldDoornbos 25 Aug

U can see for yourself which ships are sailing close to Syria. Blue dot off coast is US war vessel. Zoom in to check: http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?level0=100 …

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?level0=100

[Pearls Before Swine]

Oh, so it was an accident. Actually, that’s very believable—some field commander is getting over-run and gets desperate.

[maggief]

Hmm ... link is working for me. Can you open the FP link in post #10?

[ken5050]

There is only one reason that Obama is gonna bomb Syria...

He wants to help Al Jazeera America increase their ratings..

[fatima]

Yes,Thanks:)

[MestaMachine]

Setting up is an understatement.

JUST POSTED

Syria: Thousands Suffering Neurotoxic Symptoms Treated in Hospitals Supported by MSF
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:04:50 AM · 13 of 13
MestaMachine to ScaniaBoy
Guess what. EVERY single image of the tunnels which were in a guardian story that I POSTED MYSELF are gone along with the same various images on other news sites, including cnn, that speaks to the tunnels under Damascus suburbs. SOME small snippets remain on a few videos, but all they show is the entrance to one tunnel.
THIS:

http://shoebat.com/2013/08/27/evidence-syrian-rebels-used-chemical-weapons-not-assad/

is the closest set of vids I can find now and all the stories under the tunnel headline have changed including the one I posted. The western press now only showing dead bodies in place of the images that showed the tunnels. This is quite amazing.
This development convinces me even more that assad did not do this. They are setting up rhe news stories to conform to what the regime is saying, and doing the same in Britain.

[no-to-illegals]

Setting up

Full agreement ... a setup is being run. Lord only knows where this setup goes. zer0 crowd all in for starting something.

[wiggen]

i agree with that but the best way to assure that is for Assad to turn over whomever. Barring that we should let the Hague or UN start proceedings. Hell that could take a year and then we see if Assad turns over ant party found guilty. Seems to me he has an easy out here. Someone did it, we’re investigating.

[iopscusa]

A rogue commander - especially one in charge of WMD’s, think Asst Attorney General Holder and the Waco massacre!

[DeWalt]

I don’t believe a word of it. This is false flag on steroids.

[Earthdweller]

“US spies intercepted phone call”....ROTFL!! Are you serious? You think they use version to communicate their war plans? This is getting to be embarrassing people.

[Truth29]

This sounds like a job for archived copies or the wayback machine.