" Our intelligence sources in the Damascus area did not detect any indications in the days prior to the attack that opposition affiliates were planning to use chemical weapons." - Senior White House Officials During a White House conference call today with Senior Administration officials, media were given a U.S. government assessment of the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons on August 21, 2013, with two very different accounts. Part of the Assessment indicates that US intelligence was unaware of the planned attacks on Syria. " Our intelligence sources in the Damascus area did not detect any indications in the days prior to the attack that opposition affiliates were planning to use chemical weapons." Another portion of the Assessment makes the claim that the US did have intelligence, indicating that Syrian forces were preparing chemical munitions prior to the August 21st attack. " We have intelligence that leads us to assess tha...
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