Posted on 09/02/2013 8:35:48 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
The German intelligence agency (BND) has enough evidence in its possession to conclude that President Bashar Al-Assad ordered the suspected chemical attack in Syria on August 21, Russia Today (RT) reported Monday, citing a report in the German weekly Der Spiegel.
The Der Spiegel report was based on the results of a secret security briefing.
The BND’s President Gerhard Schindler voiced his support for U.S. allegations that Assad‘s government ordered the attack on the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, according to the German weekly.
The intelligence agency’s chief said that following a thorough analysis his ministry assumes that the regime is the perpetrator of the chemical attack which killed hundreds of people.
Schindler reportedly said in the meeting that only the Syrian government was in possession of such agents as sarin. The agency’s experts concluded it was used in large amounts in the Ghouta incident.
According to Der Spiegel, a reason behind Assad’s decision to deploy the gas was that this was a crucial battle for the capital. The BND believes that sarin may have been meant as a deterrent against rebel forces, but mistakenly the military used too much of it.
As well, said the weekly, the BND said only Syrian government experts could mix sarin and place it inside small rockets. The process reportedly took place several times prior to the alleged attack which sparked the investigation.
The BND cited new evidence to conclude the agent used was sarin, having intercepted communications between a high level Hezbollah official and Iran’s embassy.
The German agency’s findings are in line with findings of the United States. On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the administration had new evidence that sarin gas was used in the chemical attack.
"We know that the regime ordered this attack," he said.
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Show the evidence. Frankly, I am in no mood to get tangled with the Russians and the Chinese over Syria’s civil war.
What will the germans do about it, I wonder?
The Germans know all about gassing civilians....
Invade France?
It matters not to me who is behind the attacks. As far as I am concerned, it’s muslims killing muslims.
Germany and France vs Syria may make it on Pay-per-View. I will be sure to buy the popcorn.
Makes as much sense as us bombing Syria because Syria gassed other Syrians.
Or squawk for the U.S. to do something and then condemn us for doing something.
I like your idea, but how would a war between pacifists and surrender monkeys work?
Precisely. This is like John Kerry in the 2004 presidential race who talked about having really great plans, but he would only reveal them once elected.
If you have irrefutable evidence, then pony-up, suckas. Otherwise, stick it up your bunghole.
What is the evidence of which you speak?
I don’t care.... Muslims killing Muslims, a win,win.
With Syria’s Christians in the crossfire?
During the Clinton administration’s misadventure in the Balkans in the mid-90’s, I remember German Intelligence stating that the soccer stadium outside Pristina (Kosovo) was full of Muslims being held prisoner by the Serbs.
A Western reporter went out to the stadium and found no one and remarked that the grounds were not even trampled.
So what? It’s still none of our business.
If the debt-sucking establishment folks allow Iran to continue building nukes with its support from Syria, they won’t make so much noise in the future.
bump that
“The Rojos on one side of town, the Baxters on the other,” (Fistful of Dollars) and the other anti-American, anti-Israel faction right in the middle. Ignore the voices of the mullahs. Take out the Rojos.
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