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I skimmed the OPCW report but what struck me was it appears they failed to investigate the cylinder itself. The damage on it looked to have occured some while
by smileypete 7y ago
I skimmed the OPCW report but what struck me was it appears they failed to investigate the cylinder itself.
The damage on it looked to have occured some while ago due to extensive rust, and it looked squashed as if it had been under a flattened building.
Also there was a pretty computer model illustration of how it smashed through the roof, but no picture of the hole itself.
The most telling thing was they'd be absolutely no military advantage to the attacks, in fact the opposite as it could result in bombing from the western powers (which it did afaik)
ETA:
Report on the attacks by Robert Fisk:
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/douma-syria-opcw-chemical-weapons-chlorine-gas-video-conspiracy-theory-russia-a8927116.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/douma-syria-opcw-chemic...
Also this is the article which led me to read the OPCW report: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-chemical-attack-gas-douma-robert-fisk-ghouta-damascus-a8307726.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-chemical-attack-g...