Attacking Syria with cruise missiles is NO WAY to solve the conflict!. . . 

Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible?

By Jim Naureckas

Let's compare a couple of accounts of the mass deaths apparently caused by chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on August 21...The government account expresses "high confidence that the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack"...

  The Mint report bore the headline "Syrians in Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack." 

Which of these two versions should we find more credible?...   Continue

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