U. S. believes Syrian government used some chemical weapons: Hagel
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – U. S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday said the U. S. intelligence community believes the Syrian government has used sarin gas on a small scale against rebels trying to overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad. “This morning the White House delivered a letter to several members of Congress on the topic of chemical weapons use in Syria. The letter . . . states that the U. S. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria,” Hagel told reporters traveling with him. . . .
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