Syrien

[Shahab3]

Al-Qaeda militants kill Syrian rebel commander - FSA spokesman
Published time: July 12, 2013 00:54
Edited time: July 12, 2013 04:28
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Supreme Military Council member Kamal Hamami, also known as Abu Bassel al-Ladkani, was meeting with members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Syrian port city of Latakia when he was killed, FSA spokesman Qassem Saadeddine told Reuters.

"The Islamic State phoned me saying that they killed Abu Bassel and that they will kill all of the Supreme Military Council," Saadeddine said. "He met them to discuss battle plans."
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CBS/AP/ July 9, 2013, 1:33 PM
Russia: Syrian rebels made, used sarin nerve gas
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Ambassador Vitaly Churkin blamed opposition fighters for the attack, which he said killed 26 people, including 16 military personnel, and injured 86 others. The rebels have blamed the government for the attack.

Churkin told reporters after delivering an 80-page report to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that the Assad regime asked Russia, its closest ally, to investigate the attack after a U.N. team of chemical weapons experts was unable to enter the country in a dispute over the probe's scope.

"It was established that on March 19, the rebels launched an unguided Bashar 3 projectile towards Khan al-Assal controlled by the government forces," Churkin told reporters, adding that he intends to share the evidence with the U.S., U.K and France, who have alleged that the chemical weapons use is by the government forces.

The samples taken from the impact site of the gas-laden projectile were analyzed at a Russian laboratory certified by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Churkin said.

The ambassador said the results of the analysis indicate the Bashar 3 rocket "was not industrially manufactured and was filled with sarin." He said the samples indicated the sarin and the projectile were produced in "cottage industry" conditions.

The absence of chemical stabilizers, which are needed for long-term storage and later use, indicated its "possibly recent production," Churkin said.
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Das ist die erste Untersuchung, die durch ein von der OPWC (opwc.org) zertifiziertes Institut durchgeführt wurde. Weiterhin ist es die erste Untersuchung bei der ein ausführlicher Bericht auch Dritten zur Verfügung gestellt wird. Nichts dergleichen konnten oder wollten die französischen, britischen und amerikanischen Geheimdienste und Institute liefern.