{"id":37558,"date":"2018-09-09T19:29:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T00:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37558"},"modified":"2018-09-09T19:29:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T00:29:09","slug":"us-says-assad-has-approved-gas-attack-in-idlib-setting-stage-for-major-military-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37558","title":{"rendered":"US Says Assad Has Approved Gas Attack In Idlib, Setting Stage For Major Military Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-09\/us-says-assad-has-approved-gas-attack-idlib-setting-stage-major-military-conflict\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">US Says Assad Has Approved Gas Attack In Idlib, Setting Stage For Major Military Conflict<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1416\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1417\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div>At this point there&#8217;s not even so much as feigning surprise or suspense in the now sadly all-too-familiar Syria script out of Washington.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Wall Street Journal <\/em>has just published a bombshell on Sunday evening as Russian and Syrian warplanes continue bombing raids\u00a0over al-Qaeda held Idlib, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-says-syria-plans-gas-attack-in-rebel-stronghold-1536535853?mod=hp_lead_pos2\">unnamed US officials who claim<\/a>\u00a0<em>&#8220;<\/em><b><em>President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has approved the use of chlorine gas in an offensive against the country\u2019s last major rebel stronghold.&#8221;<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Assad%20Idlib%20threat_0.jpg?itok=L9F7EK9E\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Assad%20Idlib%20threat_0.jpg?itok=L9F7EK9E\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Assad%20Idlib%20threat_0.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/Assad%20Idlib%20threat_0.jpg?itok=L9F7EK9E 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"261\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8273523c-3ede-45c3-9bde-b9704eee9940\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, unnamed US officials are now claiming to be in possession of intelligence which they say shows\u00a0<em>Assad has already given the order\u00a0<\/em>in an absolutely unprecedented level of &#8220;pre-crime&#8221; telegraphing events on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>And supposedly these officials have <strong>even identified the type of chemical weapon to be used: chlorine gas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous officials told the WSJ of <strong>&#8220;new U.S. intelligence&#8221; in what appears an eerily familiar repeat of the how the 2003 invasion of Iraq was sold to the American public<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>albeit posturing over Idlib is now unfolding at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-says-syria-plans-gas-attack-in-rebel-stronghold-1536535853?mod=hp_lead_pos2\">an intensely more rapid pace<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fears of a massacre have been fueled by <strong>new U.S. intelligence indicating Mr. Assad has cleared the way for the military to use chlorine gas in any offensive, U.S. officials said<\/strong>. It wasn\u2019t clear from the latest intelligence if Mr. Assad also had given <strong>the military permission to use sarin gas<\/strong>, the deadly nerve agent used several times in previous regime attacks on rebel-held areas. It is banned under international law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It appears Washington is now saying <i><strong>an American attack on Syrian government forces and locations is all but inevitable<\/strong><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Says Assad Has Approved Gas Attack In Idlib, Setting Stage For Major Military Conflict At this point there&#8217;s not even so much as feigning surprise or suspense in the now sadly all-too-familiar Syria script out of Washington. 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