Syrian Rebels Admit Use of Chemical Weapons Supplied by Saudi Arabia

Syrian Rebels Admit Use of Chemical Weapons Supplied by Saudi Arabia

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Rebels and local residents in Ghouta accused Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan of providing chemical weapons to an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group.

Members of the Syrian rebel movement have admitted that they were behind the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack near Damascus, Minnesota’s Mint Press News reported on Thursday.

According to the report, the chemicals were provided by Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who “has been at the very heart of the push for war by the U.S. against Assad.”

The group Doctors Without Borders went to the town of Ghouta, where more than 350 people were killed as a result of the chemical attack. After interviewing “numerous…doctors, Ghouta residents, rebel fighters and their families,” the group obtained testimony that the attack was a result of mismanagement and ignorance on the part of the rebels, who didn’t realize that they had chemical weapons.

“My son came to me two weeks ago asking what I thought the weapons were that he had been asked to carry,” the Mint Press quotes Abu Abdel-Moneim, the father of a rebel who was killed in a tunnel during the chemical attack.

Some of the weapons had a “tube-like structure,” and others resembled a “huge glass bottle,” Abdel-Moneim said.

“They didn’t tell us what these arms were or how to use them,” said a female rebel, referred to as “K” to protect her identity. “We didn’t know they were chemical weapons. We never imagined they were chemical weapons.

“When Saudi Prince Bandar gives such weapons to people, he must give them to those who know how to handle and use them,” K continued.

“Jabhat al-Nusra militants do not cooperate with other rebels, except with fighting on the ground,” another rebel called J added. “They do not share secret information. They merely used some ordinary rebels to carry and operate this material.

“We were very curious about these arms. And unfortunately, some of the fighters handled the weapons improperly and set off the explosions.”

Jabhat al-Nusra is a branch of al Qaeda from Iraq comprised of members who fought and killed American troops during the U.S. occupation of that country.

Despite the admission from these rebels, the Obama administration continues to claim that the Bashar al-Assad regime was behind the attack.