Posted on 01/06/2016 7:10:49 AM PST by Trumpinator
Russia says ISIS are using chemical weapons in Syria after UN confirm discovery of deadly gases
15:02, 5 Jan 2016
Updated 16:00, 5 Jan 2016\
By Jessica Haworth
The claims come over two years after Assad agreed to hand over Syria's entire arsenal of chemical weapons
ussia has accused terror group ISIS of using chemical weapons in Syria .
Russia's Foreign Ministry claims there is a "high probability" that the deadly weapons are being used by Islamic State terrorists.
RIA news agency reported that Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the Russian foreign ministry department for non-proliferation and arms control, made the accusation today.
Ulyanov also called for an investigation into possible supplies of sarin components from Turkey to Syria.
This comes after a United Nations report found that some people in Syria have been exposed to deadly sarin gas or a compound like it.
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Oddly, everyone seems to still disagree on that.
Syria had it sown chemical weapons.
True.
But in this case ISIS is making them fresh from chemicals they buy in Turkey.
True.
Where was Saddam getting the chemicals he used to make weapons ?
Where was Saddam getting the chemicals he used to make weapons ? From the USA and Western Europe. These are dual use chemicals in their individual ingredients. It is how they are mixed that makes them deadly. Bleach and Ammonia mixed together make mustard gas for example.
Since what we ‘think’ we knew then, and what we ‘think’ we know now are horses of two different colors, then as you say, argument over it seems pointless.
So... do you believe what the Russians are saying about ISIS using chemical weapons now ?
Yes, because it was verified by a UN report as well.
Agreed. Further, I think that wasn't the only things he got from us and Western Europe.
Bleach and Ammonia mixed together make mustard gas for example.
I can personally attest to that.
I might remind you that the UN also said Bashar al-Assad was using chemical weapons on ISIS.
I might remind you that the UN also said Bashar al-Assad was using chemical weapons on ISIS.
UN accuses Syrian rebels of carrying out sarin gas attacks which had been blamed on Assad’s troops
Carla Del Ponte said UN Commission investigating war crimes in Syria has ‘strong, concrete suspicions’ that rebels used chemical weapons
Her remarks contradict statements by the U.S. and UK which said intelligence indicated Syrian soldiers used the weapons
Today fighting continued across Syria as rebels advanced on a northern airbase and shot down helicopter in the east
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2320223/UN-accuses-Syrian-rebels-carrying-sarin-gas-attacks-blamed-Assads-troops.html#ixzz3waKJzabJ
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Thanks for the link and info.
You are correct. It was the US and UK that blamed Assad. I thought the UN was involved in that as well.
I guess it shows I have a subconscious bias against the UN. “: )
You are correct. It was the US and UK that blamed Assad. I thought the UN was involved in that as well.
I guess it shows I have a subconscious bias against the UN. â: )
The US tried to get the UN to blame Assad - hence the investigation by the UN. Obama thought the UN would serve as its mouthpiece and Putin would be silent like he was during Libya - but the opposite happened.
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