Posted on 04/16/2018 8:18:17 PM PDT by Innovative
Chemical weapons inspectors in Syria will be permitted to visit the site of an alleged chemical attack on Wednesday, Russia has said.
The international team has been in the country since Saturday, but has not been allowed to visit Douma. The attack on 7 April prompted military strikes on Syrian government targets by the US, UK, and France a week later.
Syria and its ally Russia deny any chemical attack took place - with Russia calling it a "staged thing". Early on Tuesday, Syrian state media said the country's air defences had responded to a missile attack over the western city of Homs.
The missiles targeted Shayrat air base, it said - but did not say who fired the missiles.
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If there was no chemical attack, why the delay on allowing in investigators? Needed a little time to clean up the evidence, did they?
The attack was on April 7th. They’ve had about 10 days to clean up the site.
It is a dangerous area, with several rebel groups, and also the Syrian army, letting fly at each other. The investigators will need to stay safe.
How many times have we been through this scenario and routine already? The Russkies, Arabs, any Dark regime commit an atrocity, cover it up and then invite in inspectors. The Russkies have been doing this since the 1940 Katyn (Polish) massacre, they’re experts.
How many times did the League of Nations and then UN condemn some event, visit the site, write a report and...zilch!?
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