Officials: Preliminary Results Show Chemical Weapons Not Used In Syria
Source: CNN
(CNN) -- The United Nations will launch an investigation into Syrian claims that rebels used chemical weapons against its troops, even as U.S. officials told CNN Thursday that initial intelligence reports suggest no such weapons were used.
The announcement follows days of claims by the Syrian government and rebel that the each used chemical weapons against the other side, allegations that have raised concern the ongoing civil war had entered a new, more deadly phase.
U.S. President Barack Obama and other American officials have said in recent days there was no evidence to substantiate the reports that rebels had used chemical weapons against Syrian troops.
But now analysts are "leaning hard away" from the notion that Syria used chemical weapons against its own people, a U.S. military official directly familiar with the preliminary analysis told CNN.
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There are "multiple indicators" for this emerging conclusion, an administration official said.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/21/world/meast/syria-civil-war/?hpt=hp_t1
Many that what the US sucked into this quagmire will be deeply disappoint. woohoo over here McCain/Levin
