There is now
clear evidence that Chemical weapon was used in the attack on Syria last month.
A report has
just been released by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki -moon and made public Today, Monday.
It said: "The
environmental, chemical and medical samples we have collected provide
clear and convincing evidence that surface-to-surface rockets containing
the nerve agent sarin were used ... in the Ghouta area of Damascus'' on
August 21.
"The
conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict
between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic ... against civilians,
including children, on a relatively large scale,'' the report said.
Chief weapons
inspector Ake Sellstrom handed over the report to the UN chief on
Sunday amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at getting Syria to put
its just-acknowledged stockpile of chemical weapons and chemical
precursors under international control for destruction.
This is not the
first time this has happened in Syria.
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