White House confirms Assad regime used sarin gas in Syria chemical attack

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White House confirms Assad regime used sarin gas in Syria chemical attack
By Gabby Morrongiello (@gabriellahope_) • 4/11/17 12:40 PM

A senior White House official confirmed on Tuesday that the Assad regime used sarin gas in a chemical attack against its own citizens this month.

"We've declassified a lot of intelligence so we can be very forthcoming with you about the amount that we know about this attack and why we think the Russia and Syria narratives are false," the official said.Physiological samples from victims of the attack were "very consistent with nerve agent and sarin exposure," the official said. "Victimology also shows that those people don't have other wounds that would be consistent with another attack."Secondary responders who helped rescue victims from affected areas and brought them to medical care "also had symptoms of sarin exposure," according to the White House.The official noted that Syria and Russia have a history of "trying to obfuscate the nature" of attacks like this.

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