Syria chemical warfare claims aim to provoke Western intervention

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/08/22/syri-a22.html
Date Written:  2013-08-22
Publisher:  World Socialist Web Site
Year Published:  2013
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX15028

The unsubstantiated charges that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad carried out a chemical weapons attack outside Damascus killing large numbers of civilians have all the hallmarks of a staged provocation aimed at provoking Western intervention.

Subject Headings

• Chemical Weapons
• Civil Wars
• Intervention
• Syria