SYRIAN SOURCES SAY CHEMICAL WEAPONS SHELLS SUPPLIED BY ASSAD AIR INTELLIGENCE AND FIRED BLINDLY BY OFFICERS NOT KNOWING THEIR CONTENTS: Interestingly, "finger pointing" has started to emerge with sources inside Syria saying that Syrian Army officers involved have said that they did not know that the shells they were firing contained "chemical weapons".Peter Clifford Online www.petercliffordonline.com Man Mourns the Death of a Victim of the Gas Attack Apparently some reports say that the munitions did not come from the Ministry of Defence as was usual, but were supplied by the Air Intelligence branch led by Assad's cousin, Hafez Maklouf.Peter Clifford Online www.petercliffordonline.com The Opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) claims that its own sources within the regime say the missiles were launched by General Tahir Hamid Khalil from a regime army base housing the 155 brigade. Both reports are not mutually exclusive. You can read more, HERE: The US, the UK, France and Turkey, in particular, are all making noises indicating that the use of chemical weapons by Syria on its own population demands a "serious response" and are apparently considering a limited military strike, possibly against known chemical weapons stockpiles.Peter Clifford Online www.petercliffordonline.com William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary, talking to the BBC, said that, "We cannot allow the idea in the 21st Century that chemical weapons can be used with impunity," and went on to make a case for "legal" military intervention outside the UN and possibly using NATO, in a video interview, HERE: Russia, opposed to such action, has said it is "alarmed" by warlike statements emanating from the West and warned against the "extremely dangerous consequences" of military action.Peter Clifford Online www.petercliffordonline.com ...
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