{"id":33121,"date":"2018-04-04T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33121"},"modified":"2018-04-04T09:05:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:05:57","slug":"uk-foreign-office-denies-claiming-russia-responsible-for-nerve-agent-deletes-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33121","title":{"rendered":"UK Foreign Office Denies Claiming Russia Responsible For Nerve Agent, Deletes Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Update:<\/strong><\/u> It appears that either the British government can’t keep its lies and proof-less accusations straight or something far more nefarious is at play.<\/p>\n

Following headlines (below) that British government scientists admitted they couldn\u2019t tell where the poison – identified by the UK as A-234, also known as Novichok, used in the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals – came from, undermining a number of claims to come out of Westminster, The UK Foreign Office denies claiming the nerve agent used in the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals came directly from Russia, despite admitting it sent a tweet saying exactly that, and Boris Johnson making the same claim.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Why would @<\/span>foreignoffice<\/span><\/a> delete\u00a0this tweet from 22 March?<\/p>\n

As RT notes<\/a>, bizarrely, the Foreign Office denies Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson claimed the novichock \u201ccategorically\u201d came from Russia, despite a recorded interview clearly showing he did<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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WATCH: Boris Johnson blatantly lies to Deutsche Welle and says Porton Down lab were \u201cabsolutely categorical\u201d that Russia was behind the Salisbury nerve agent attack<\/p>\n

On 03\/04\/18, Porton Down\u00a0lab said they are unable to confirm the origin of the nerve agent<\/p>\n