John Kerry 'absolutely certain' Syria using chemical weapons on civilians

UPI.Com ^ | June 16, 2015 at 4:16 PM | By Danielle Haynes

[SaveFerris]

WASHINGTON, June 16 (UPI) -- Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday he's "absolutely certain" that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against civilians.

Since the beginning of Syria's civil war in 2011, there have been a number of accusations that Assad has employed the use of gas chemicals against rebels and civilians. Most recently, Human Rights Watch said it found evidence the government used chemical weapons in the Idlib governate in attacks spanning two weeks in March.

"I am absolutely certain -- we are certain -- that the preponderance of those attacks have been carried out by the regime, and we're putting together a portfolio of that data that supports that," he said Tuesday during the State Department's daily briefing. "But that is not to say that some element of an opposition may not have had access at one point in time or another and have actually utilized something at one point in time or another.

[Patriot777]

Kerry, you prat. Go home, stay home, heal up and plant a garden or something. Build birdhouses.

[SunkenCiv]

"I know! Let's kill al-Qaeda leaders! That'll fix ISIL! Oh, and Death to America!"

[SJackson]

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John, you're not winning a peace prize for putting together a portfolio. Since we're not going to do anything about it, probably best to shut up about it.

[Ready4Freddy]

Wasn’t that a ‘red line’ a while back?

[cornfedcowboy]

Whatcha gonna do about it horse face?

[Eleutheria5]

Don’t be too sure he won’t. Remember the heroic deeds Obama performed to earn his piece prize.

[Eleutheria5]

Get off your high horse, John. Two horse’s asses that close together might cause a chemical reaction too horrible to contemplate.