Britain Says Samples from Syria Test Positive for Sarin

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Britain said Wednesday that physiological samples from Syria had tested positive for sarin gas and there was growing information that the regime was using chemical weapons.

"The material from inside Syria tested positive for sarin," a government spokesman said.

"There is a growing body of limited but persuasive information showing that the regime used -- and continues to use -- chemical weapons, including sarin.

"The room for doubt continues to diminish. This is extremely concerning. Use of chemical weapons is a war crime. Assad must grant immediate and unrestricted access to the U.N. investigation team."

He said Britain thought chemical weapons use in Syria was "very likely" to have been by President Bashar Assad's regime.

"We have obtained physiological samples from inside Syria which have been tested at DSTL," the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory on the government's Porton Down military science park in southern England.

"The material from inside Syria tested positive for sarin. We are not able to go into any further detail on the samples -- beyond saying that they are physiological."

The European Union agreed last week to lift its embargo against arming Syrian rebels after tough talks that exposed sharp differences between Britain and France, champions of the move, and their more reluctant partners.

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Thumb LebCynic 05 June 2013, 12:46

"There is a growing body of limited but persuasive information showing that the regime used -- and continues to use -- chemical weapons, including sarin.

What is this "limited but persuasive information"? I wonder if it's a joint CIA and MI6 botched reports and FSA eye witnesses?????