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Intercepted phone calls prove Assad regime behind chemical attacks

I simply cannot see anything positive coming out of a western attack on Syria's government forces. Every indication shows that the majority of those fighting Assad are even worse enemies of the west than Assad ever was. We can't just ride around the globe roughshod, taking out every abusive dictator on the planet. The results in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya shows that, as does the decade old conflict in Iraq, which is now engaged in its own civil war, thanks to us, and Afghanistan, which proves that a violent, tribal nation cannot be "domesticized" because the west wishes it to be.

Nothing good will come of this. :(
 
the_recruit said:
The US intelligence services intercepted phone calls amongst members of the Assad regime which prove the regime was responsible. Now, please can we put this silly conspiracy theory nonsense that the opposition did it to rest? (Of course the answer to that is going to be "No!", but I can dream can't I? :lol:)

Exclusive: Intercepted Calls Prove Syrian Army Used Nerve Gas, U.S. Spies Say | The Cable

Obama orders release of report justifying Syria strike - CBS News
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"Last Wednesday, in the hours after a horrific chemical attack east of Damascus, an official at the Syrian Ministry of Defense exchanged panicked phone calls with a leader of a chemical weapons unit, demanding answers for a nerve agent strike that killed more than 1,000 people. Those conversations were overheard by U.S. intelligence services, The Cable has learned. And that is the major reason why American officials now say they're certain that the attacks were the work of the Bashar al-Assad regime -- and why the U.S. military is likely to attack that regime in a matter of days.

But the intercept raises questions about culpability for the chemical massacre, even as it answers others: Was the attack on Aug. 21 the work of a Syrian officer overstepping his bounds? Or was the strike explicitly directed by senior members of the Assad regime? "It's unclear where control lies," one U.S. intelligence official told The Cable. "Is there just some sort of general blessing to use these things? Or are there explicit orders for each attack?"

Nor are U.S. analysts sure of the Syrian military's rationale for launching the strike -- if it had a rationale at all. Perhaps it was a lone general putting a long-standing battle plan in motion; perhaps it was a miscalculation by the Assad government. "


So there is no proof that Assad ordered the chemical attack, or why he might have ordered the chemical attack.





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Gladiator said:
"Last Wednesday, in the hours after a horrific chemical attack east of Damascus, an official at the Syrian Ministry of Defense exchanged panicked phone calls with a leader of a chemical weapons unit, demanding answers for a nerve agent strike that killed more than 1,000 people. Those conversations were overheard by U.S. intelligence services, The Cable has learned. And that is the major reason why American officials now say they're certain that the attacks were the work of the Bashar al-Assad regime -- and why the U.S. military is likely to attack that regime in a matter of days.

But the intercept raises questions about culpability for the chemical massacre, even as it answers others: Was the attack on Aug. 21 the work of a Syrian officer overstepping his bounds? Or was the strike explicitly directed by senior members of the Assad regime? "It's unclear where control lies," one U.S. intelligence official told The Cable. "Is there just some sort of general blessing to use these things? Or are there explicit orders for each attack?"

Nor are U.S. analysts sure of the Syrian military's rationale for launching the strike -- if it had a rationale at all. Perhaps it was a lone general putting a long-standing battle plan in motion; perhaps it was a miscalculation by the Assad government. "


So there is no proof that Assad ordered the chemical attack, or why he might have ordered the chemical attack.





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Heya Gladiator :2wave: .....nope there is Not one Shread of proof that Assad ordered any Chem Attacks.

There was no need......he was taking back what he lost and was winning against the Incompetent Rebels and all their different backers.
 
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