White House: US believes Syrian regime used chemical weapons
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 17:05
in Biology & Nature
The White House said Thursday that the U.S. believes "with some degree of varying confidence" the Syrian government has used chemical weapons — specifically the nerve agent sarin — against its own people.A letter from the White House to members of Congress said the assessment was based on "physiological samples" but called for a United Nations probe to corroborate it and nail down when and how the...