{"id":33883,"date":"2018-04-30T13:25:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T18:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33883"},"modified":"2018-04-30T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T18:25:09","slug":"weapons-inspector-refutes-u-s-syria-chemical-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33883","title":{"rendered":"Weapons Inspector Refutes U.S. Syria Chemical Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2018\/04\/27\/weapons-inspector-refutes-u-s-syria-chemical-claims\/\">Weapons Inspector Refutes U.S. Syria Chemical Claims<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Scott Ritter is arguably the most experienced American weapons inspector and in this interview with Dennis J. Bernstein he levels a frank assessment of U.S. government assertions about chemical weapons use.<a class=\"image-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dennis-Bernstein.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the 1980\u2019s, Scott Ritter was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, specializing in intelligence. \u00a0In 1987, Ritter was assigned to the On-Site Inspection Agency, which was put together to go into the Soviet Union and oversee the implementation of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty. \u00a0This was the first time that on-site inspection had been used as part of a disarmament verification process.<\/p>\n<p>Ritter was one of the groundbreakers in developing on-site inspection techniques and methodologies. With this unique experience behind him, Ritter was asked in 1991, at the end of the Gulf War, to join the United Nations Special Commission, which was tasked by the Security Council to oversee the disarmament of Iraq\u2019s weapons of mass destruction. \u00a0From 1991 to 1998, Ritter served as a chief weapons inspector and led a number of teams into Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ritter, in the following Flashpoints Radio interview with Dennis Bernstein conducted on April 23rd, US, British and French claims that the Syrian Government used chemical weapons against civilians last month appear to be totally bogus.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dennis Bernstein: \u00a0<\/b>You have been speaking out recently about the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Could you outline your case?<\/p>\n<p><b>Scott Ritter: <\/b>There are a lot of similarities between the Syrian case and the Iraqi case. \u00a0Both countries possess weapons of mass destruction. Syria had a very large chemical weapons program.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 there was an incident in a suburb of Damascus called Ghouta, the same suburb where the current controversy is taking place. \u00a0The allegations were that the Syrian government used sarin nerve agent against the civilian population.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weapons Inspector Refutes U.S. Syria Chemical Claims Scott Ritter is arguably the most experienced American weapons inspector and in this interview with Dennis J. Bernstein he levels a frank assessment of U.S. government assertions about chemical weapons use. 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