Sounds to me like a rogue commander might have ordered this, if this is true. Can this still be blamed on Assad?
If a “rogue leader” was responsible, isn’t it reasonable to at least suspect he might have been working for the rebels, or under threat by rebels?
Currently known circumstances don’t yet lead me to blame Assad, as his line of command above the “rogue leader” candidly didn’t know how it could have come from the Syrian government side.
And why isn’t the WHut addressing the question of, “Where did those WMDs come from?” Saddam? Hezbollah/Iran?
HF