Intercepts Caught Assad Rejecting Requests To Use Chemical Weapons

[Steve_McGarrett]

If true then I wouldn't be surprised if Obama and Kerry ordered the chemical attacks to frame Assad and set Syria up for regime change. That has been the goal the whole time and why Obama is backing Al-Qaeda. It's all coming together now.



Intercepts caught Assad rejecting requests to use chemical weapons, German paper says | McClatchy

BERLIN — Syrian President Bashar Assad has repeatedly rejected requests from his field commanders for approval to use chemical weapons, according to a report this weekend in a German newspaper.

The German intelligence briefing to lawmakers described by Bild am Sonntag fits neither narrative precisely. The newspaper’s article said that on numerous occasions in recent months, the German intelligence ship named Oker, which is off the Syrian coast, has intercepted communications indicating that field officers have contacted the Syrian presidential palace seeking permission to use chemical weapons and have been turned down.

The article added that German intelligence does not believe Assad sanctioned the alleged attack on August 21.

 

[Moonglow]

We will just have to wait for the inspectors report at the UN.

 

[tinydancer]

If true then I wouldn't be surprised if Obama and Kerry ordered the chemical attacks to frame Assad and set Syria up for regime change. That has been the goal the whole time and why Obama is backing Al-Qaeda. It's all coming together now.



Intercepts caught Assad rejecting requests to use chemical weapons, German paper says | McClatchy

BERLIN — Syrian President Bashar Assad has repeatedly rejected requests from his field commanders for approval to use chemical weapons, according to a report this weekend in a German newspaper.

The German intelligence briefing to lawmakers described by Bild am Sonntag fits neither narrative precisely. The newspaper’s article said that on numerous occasions in recent months, the German intelligence ship named Oker, which is off the Syrian coast, has intercepted communications indicating that field officers have contacted the Syrian presidential palace seeking permission to use chemical weapons and have been turned down.

The article added that German intelligence does not believe Assad sanctioned the alleged attack on August 21.

Interesting. Merkel was firm in her response right from the get go that she would not support a strike at Assad.

She made no bones about it.

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

If true then I wouldn't be surprised if Obama and Kerry ordered the chemical attacks to frame Assad and set Syria up for regime change. That has been the goal the whole time and why Obama is backing Al-Qaeda. It's all coming together now.



Intercepts caught Assad rejecting requests to use chemical weapons, German paper says | McClatchy

BERLIN — Syrian President Bashar Assad has repeatedly rejected requests from his field commanders for approval to use chemical weapons, according to a report this weekend in a German newspaper.

The German intelligence briefing to lawmakers described by Bild am Sonntag fits neither narrative precisely. The newspaper’s article said that on numerous occasions in recent months, the German intelligence ship named Oker, which is off the Syrian coast, has intercepted communications indicating that field officers have contacted the Syrian presidential palace seeking permission to use chemical weapons and have been turned down.

The article added that German intelligence does not believe Assad sanctioned the alleged attack on August 21.

Interesting. Merkel was firm in her response right from the get go that she would not support a strike at Assad.

She made no bones about it.

She probably had daily briefings about the intercepts from the Oker anchored off Syria.

 

[chikenwing]

If true then I wouldn't be surprised if Obama and Kerry ordered the chemical attacks to frame Assad and set Syria up for regime change. That has been the goal the whole time and why Obama is backing Al-Qaeda. It's all coming together now.



Intercepts caught Assad rejecting requests to use chemical weapons, German paper says | McClatchy

BERLIN — Syrian President Bashar Assad has repeatedly rejected requests from his field commanders for approval to use chemical weapons, according to a report this weekend in a German newspaper.

The German intelligence briefing to lawmakers described by Bild am Sonntag fits neither narrative precisely. The newspaper’s article said that on numerous occasions in recent months, the German intelligence ship named Oker, which is off the Syrian coast, has intercepted communications indicating that field officers have contacted the Syrian presidential palace seeking permission to use chemical weapons and have been turned down.

The article added that German intelligence does not believe Assad sanctioned the alleged attack on August 21.

Interesting. Merkel was firm in her response right from the get go that she would not support a strike at Assad.

She made no bones about it.

If this was military grade stuff,it most likely came from ether Us or Russians sooo...... the compass only has a few directions it can point.

 

[waltky]

Syria gives outline of it's chemical weapons inventory...

Syria sends watchdog chemical weapons inventory
Sep 20,`13 -- Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an "initial declaration" outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday, in keeping with the agreement Russia and the U.S. brokered to have Syria give up its chemical weapons arsenal.

Michael Luhan, the organization's spokesman, told The Associated Press the declaration is "being reviewed by our verification division," but details of it will not be released. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said the United States and other nations that have joined the chemical weapons organization "will be making a careful and thorough review of the initial document."

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, based in The Hague, polices a global treaty known as the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993, which bars the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical arms. The organization relies on a global network of more than a dozen top laboratories to analyze field samples. U.S. officials said last week that the United States and Russia agreed that Syria had roughly 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons agents and precursors, including blister agents, such as sulfur and mustard gas and nerve agents like sarin.

In the aftermath of the U.N. report that concluded sarin had been used in an attack in Damascus last month, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is looking at ways to fast-track moves to secure and destroy Syria's arsenal of poison gas and nerve agents as well as its production facilities. However, diplomatic efforts to speed up the process are moving slowly. A meeting initially scheduled for Sunday at which the organization's 41-nation executive council was to have discussed a U.S.-Russian plan to swiftly rid Syria of chemical weapons was postponed Friday, and no new date was immediately set. No reason was given for the postponement.

Harf said she did not know why the meeting was postponed, but said Syria's initial declaration was a step Washington was seeking "and we'll go from there." Under a U.S.-Russia agreement brokered last weekend in Geneva, inspectors are to be on the ground in Syria by November. During that month, they are to complete their initial assessment and all mixing and filling equipment for chemical weapons is to be destroyed. All components of the chemical weapons program are to be removed from the country or destroyed by mid-2014.

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AP Analysis: US-Russia Syria deal props up Assad
Sep 20,`13 -- For Syria's divided and beleaguered rebels, the creeping realization that there will not be a decisive Western military intervention on their behalf is a huge psychological blow.

President Bashar Assad's regime has gained strength, largely because the world community is concerned that if he is toppled the result may be an Islamist Syria in the grip of al-Qaida. The immediate result has been an uptick this week in fighting between moderate and jihadi rebels. The long-term outcome is likely to be a prolonged war of attrition that continues the slow destruction of Syria as a coherent state and further fans the flames of sectarian hatred and extremism in a turbulent Middle East.

Only two weeks ago, the Obama administration appeared poised to launch a U.S. military strike against the Syrian regime in response to the Aug 21 chemical weapons attack it says was launched by Assad's forces, killing hundreds of civilians in opposition-controlled areas near Damascus. President Barack Obama reversed course after an ambitious agreement between the U.S. and Russia calling for an inventory of Syria's chemical weapons program within a week, and for all its components to be removed from the country or destroyed by mid-2014.

Assad immediately signed on, and on Friday sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an "initial declaration" outlining Syria's weapons program. The agreement abruptly reshuffled the cards, baffling opposition forces who had held out hope that U.S.-led strikes would help tip the scales in the country's deadly stalemate. The conflict, now in its third year, has killed more than 100,000 people and uprooted millions of people from their homes.

Obama warned in August 2012 that any deployment of the Syrian government's chemical weapons stockpiles was a "red line" that would bring harsh consequences. Now, the realization that even a sarin attack the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 people would not trigger military action has left rebels feeling bitter and powerless, and is likely to strengthen extremist trends in rebel ranks.

While the U.S. and Russia, a staunch Assad ally, have stepped up efforts to hold a peace conference for Syria, the Russian deal makes it less likely the Syrian sides will agree to talk. Opposition forces say the agreement effectively legitimizes Assad's regime, at least until mid-2014 when chemical weapons stockpiles are supposed to have been destroyed. Presidential elections are due around the same time, and Assad has suggested he may run again.

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[auditor0007]

If true then I wouldn't be surprised if Obama and Kerry ordered the chemical attacks to frame Assad and set Syria up for regime change. That has been the goal the whole time and why Obama is backing Al-Qaeda. It's all coming together now.



Intercepts caught Assad rejecting requests to use chemical weapons, German paper says | McClatchy

BERLIN — Syrian President Bashar Assad has repeatedly rejected requests from his field commanders for approval to use chemical weapons, according to a report this weekend in a German newspaper.

The German intelligence briefing to lawmakers described by Bild am Sonntag fits neither narrative precisely. The newspaper’s article said that on numerous occasions in recent months, the German intelligence ship named Oker, which is off the Syrian coast, has intercepted communications indicating that field officers have contacted the Syrian presidential palace seeking permission to use chemical weapons and have been turned down.

The article added that German intelligence does not believe Assad sanctioned the alleged attack on August 21.

It's a shame that you are incapable of putting two and two together. Who was asking if they could use chemical weapons? Oh yea, Assad's military. Now it is true that he told them no. Honestly, I believe that Assad told his military leaders not to use chemical weapons. But they did it anyway. How can you not see this? They ignored him. The truth is it's only a matter of time before the military turns on Assad and someone else takes over this civil war. Then it will get really bloody.

But hey, keep believing that Kerry and Obama orchestrated the whole thing and gave the rebels chemical weapons to fire on their own people. You fit in well here. Most of the crap you spew belongs in the rubber room.

 

[S.J.]

IF chemical weapons were used at all, it was most likely by Al Qaeda. We know what they are capable of (911). Obama probably gave them enough to use to frame Assad. That's something our president would do.

 

[LoneLaugher]

IF chemical weapons were used at all, it was most likely by Al Qaeda. We know what they are capable of (911). Obama probably gave them enough to use to frame Assad. That's something our president would do.

You are a credit to your ideology. Such common sense is rarely displayed by average humans. You are very special.

 

[S.J.]

IF chemical weapons were used at all, it was most likely by Al Qaeda. We know what they are capable of (911). Obama probably gave them enough to use to frame Assad. That's something our president would do.

You are a credit to your ideology. Such common sense is rarely displayed by average humans. You are very special.

Thank you for the compliment.