UN SG confirms chemical attacks in Syria

[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] stated [video; transcript] Monday that UN inspectors have confirmed that "chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale" in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21, causing numerous civilian casualties in violation of international law. A report [text, PDF] issued by chief weapons inspector Ake Sellstrom [official profile], and released by Ban earlier Monday, provides "overwhelming and indisputable" evidence of the use of sarin gas [JURIST report] against civilians in Syria. "The...

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