Assad Uses Chemical Weapons: FSA, Britain and France

When I first heard that Assad's forces were alleged to have used chemical weapons I tended to dismiss it. I thought such a thing would be impossible for the Assad regime to commit. But as reports about the incidents continued to be discussed I am now reluctantly convinced that Assad is now using chemical weapons against his own people.

It is true, the Assad regime will do anything to stay in power. They do not care about the people. Only maintaining their power.

Free Syrian Army general: ‘Clear proof chemical weapons used’

(CNN)

The chief of staff for the Free Syrian Army said he can confirm that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons in the Syrian cities of Homs, Aleppo and Otaiba, outside Damascus. “We took some samples of the soil and of blood. The injured people were observed by doctors and the samples were tested and it was very clear that the regime used chemical weapons,” General Salim Idriss told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. Idriss said his doctors gave the samples to “observers” of the civil war in Syria, but refused to name which groups.

Both Britain and France now say soil samples indicate “some use of chemical weapons.”

 On Monday, the head of Israel’s military intelligence, Brigadier General Itai Brun, said that Israeli assessment shows the Syrian regime has used deadly chemical weapons against armed rebels on a number of occasions in the past few months. The type of chemical weapons was likely sarin, as well as neutralizing and non-lethal chemical weapons, according to Brun.