{"id":19341,"date":"2013-10-04T17:12:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T21:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=19341"},"modified":"2013-10-04T17:12:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T21:12:36","slug":"saudi-black-ops-team-behind-syria-gas-attack-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2013\/10\/saudi-black-ops-team-behind-syria-gas-attack-diplomats\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Black Ops Team Behind Syria Gas Attack: Diplomats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Syrian victim who suffered an alleged chemical attack at Khan al-Assal village according to SANA, receives treatment by doctors at a hospital in Aleppo, Syria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital\u2019s suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cBased on data from a number of sources a picture can be pieced together. The criminal provocation in Eastern Ghouta was done by a black op team that the Saudi\u2019s sent through Jordan and which acted with support of the Liwa Al-Islam group,\u201d a source in the diplomatic circles told Interfax.<\/span><\/p>\n

The attack and its consequences had a huge impact on the Syrian situation, another source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSyrians of various political views, including some opposition fighters, are seeking to inform diplomats and members of international organizations working in Syria what they know about the crime and the forces which inspired it,\u201d he told the agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Liwa Al-Islam is a militant armed group operating near Damascus headed by the son of a Saudi-based Salafi cleric. The group claimed responsibility for the bombing of a secret governmental meeting in Damascus in July 2012 that killed a number of top Syrian officials, including Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha, his deputy Asef Shawkat, and Assistant Vice President Hassan Turkmani.<\/span><\/p>\n

The allegations mirror a number of earlier reports, which pointed to Saudi Arabia as the mastermind behind the sarin gas attack, which almost led to US military action against Syrian government. Proponents of this scenario say intelligence services in Riyadh needed a false flag operation to provoke an American attack in Syria, which would tip the balance in favor of the armed militants supported by Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The plan for military action was put on pause after a Russia-brokered deal with Damascus, which agreed to join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons. Experts from OPCW are currently in Syria preparing for the disarmament.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier a UN report concluded that nerve gas had indeed been used \u201con a large scale\u201d in August. However, the consistency of the findings is under question.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the report, none of the environmental samples the UN collected in Western Ghouta tested positive for Sarin, while biomedical samples, taken from affected people, all tested positive.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, there have been concerns voiced that witnesses the UN team spoke to were brought by the opposition from different regions and did not live in Western Ghouta.<\/span><\/p>\n

NJF\/NJF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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