WMD casus belli

One vital question you need to be asking about Syria

From the New York Times online, Aug. 28: Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Jaafari repeated the Syrian government’s denials that it had ever used chemical weapons in the conflict with the insurgents, and said the accusations were a conspiracy by Western nations acting on Israel’s behalf.The ambassador rejected assertions by the United States, Britain and other Western allies that there was persuasive evidence of Syrian government culpability in the use of the banned weapons.Mr. Jaafari added a new level of complexity to the issue on Wednesday, Aug.