“Move along, nothing to see here, so that’s what they would have us believe. “

The United States on Tuesday brushed aside a report of a leaked State Department cable indicating that Syria had used chemical weapons in its brutal crackdown on a nearly two-year-old rebellion.

Foreign Policy Magazine said it had acquired a leaked State Department report by American diplomats in Turkey that made a “compelling case” that President Bashar al-Assad’s forces had used poison gas.

The report was said to have been based on interviews with activists, doctors and defectors and to represent one of the most comprehensive U.S. efforts to date to investigate claims by the Syrian opposition, AFP reported.

However, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor appeared to dismiss the report late Tuesday, saying there was no evidence that Syria had taken new steps towards using chemical weapons.

via US Downplays Report of Syria Chemical Weapons Use – Global Agenda – News – Israel National News.

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