Al-Qaeda has chemical weapons in Syria – analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with Gordon Duff, an analyst, in Chicago, about Syria.
Press TV: Syria is loyal to its commitments; how can one expect the West to stop aiding and abetting the terrorists in Syria?
Duff: We’re not seeing any progress in that area at all. As Syria is almost entirely rid of its chemical weapons the American news is continually bombarded with stories about new chemical weapons coming into Syria. There was a story today from Reuters claiming that shipments of chlorine gas from China arrived – which of course is absurd. And there are additional stories regarding the use of sarin gas.
All of these are fictional. So, the American press is not carrying any of the stories about Syria’s compliance.
And the deal brokered with Russia concerning the climate of relations involving Ukraine and the controversy - let’s call it - over Crimea, there is considerable risk that even at the twelfth hour this deal could go bad.
Press TV: What guarantee is there that the chemical weapons shipped out of Syria will not fall into the wrong hands and be used against Syria or any other country in the region for that matter?
Duff: To some extent... we know where the weapons are going, we know that most are being dealt with inside Russia.
The concern we have is that there are chemical stockpiles we believe inside Syria under the control of al-Qaeda. These are stockpiles that were transferred through Turkey. These are stockpiles that we have traced back to American-run chemical weapons plants in the Republic of Georgia.
We have investigative reporters there like Henry Silverman for one and we’re aware of recent transfers from the Republic of Georgia through Turkey – new sarin gas moving into Syria right now.
There’s going to be an attempt, I believe, to stage another false flag attack. We think the player here behind the scenes is Israel that Israel doesn’t want to let go of these accusations in Syria no matter how much Syria complies.
And Syria has complied - according to the United Nations - they’ve complied entirely with everything that’s been asked of them.