Human Rights Watch Report on the Chemical Attacks Places Responsibility on the Regime. Read the full pdf at the link below. The evidence "strongly suggests that the August 21 chemical weapon attacks on Eastern and Western Ghouta were carried out by government forces," and includes: • The large-scale nature of the attacks, involving at least a dozen surface-to-surface rockets affecting two different neighborhoods in Damascus countryside situated 16 kilometers apart, and surrounded by major Syrian government military positions. • Of the types of rockets used in the attack, the 330mm rocket system – likely Syrian produced, which appear to be have been used in a number of alleged chemical weapon attacks, has been filmed in at least two instances in the hands of government forces. The second type of rocket, the Soviet-produced 140mm rocket, which can carry Sarin, is listed as a weapon known to be in Syrian government weapon stocks. Both rockets have never been reported to be in the possession of the opposition. Nor is there any footage or other evidence that the armed opposition has the vehicle-mounted launchers needed to fire these rockets." Full report: hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/syria_cw0913_web_1.pdf
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