0The footage shows opposition militants firing shells and rockets at night. They are wearing gas masks and are surrounded by jihadist garb. The video was shot in of August almost at the same time when the alleged chemical weapons attack on Ghouta had been made.
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0The militant group is called the Islam Battalion, with a base in eastern Ghouta. The operation is dubbed “al-Reeh al-Sarsar” (Almighty Wind), and the shells are being launched towards the Damascus suburb of al-Qaboun.
0The video was highlighted by blogger Brown Moses, who has been considered to be a reliable source on chemical weapons. The blogger’s research almost always points the finger at the Syrian government for using chemical weapons.
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0Later a range of interviews with rebels occurred. Those interviews admitted the rebels not Assad were to blame for the August 21 chemical weapons attack. According to the militants, they failed to handle the chemical weapons provided to them by Saudi Arabia properly, and that mistake caused an explosion which led to the incident that killed hundreds of people.
0Leaked telephone conversations and footage of the weapons’ testing that emerged earlier between two members of the Free Syrian Army contained details of a plan to carry out a chemical attack.
0It is also known that the journalists kidnapped by rebels and released last week later reported the media that they had heard rebels talking about the fact that the August attack was not carried out by Assad’s army.
0German intelligence’s data also indicates that Assad was not responsible for last month’s attack or any other alleged chemical weapons usage in Syria.
0Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated Russia is going to provide the UN Security Council with data, “proving that the chemical weapons near Damascus were used by the opposition”.
0Voice of Russia, Infowars