Trump
"changed his rhetoric completely and subjected himself to the
terms of the deep American state, or the deep American regime,"
Assad said
Part
2 - Chemical Weapons
The attack
on the airbase came days after the April 4 attack in Khan Sheikhoun,
in which 58 people were killed by what experts consider to be
exposure to sarin. Syrian opposition groups, the United States and
allies including France have blamed Syria's government, while
Damascus has said that armed opposition groups and their sponsors are
to blame.
According to
Assad, however, his government has asked for independent
investigations into the chemical weapons allegations, which he says
have been stalled by the U.S. government and its allies.
"We
have asked the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
to send specialized missions to investigate what happened. And every
time, the United States obstructed these investigations or prevented
sending such missions in order to carry out such investigations,"
Assad said. "This is what happened last week when we called
for investigations over the alleged use of chemical weapons in the
town of Khan Sheikhoun. The United States and its allies prevented
OPCW from taking that decision."
Assad
alleges that U.S. officials are lying about their claims regarding
Syria having chemical weapons, and recalled Colin Powell's infamous
testimony at the United Nations in 2003 where he said that Iraq was
in possession of weapons of mass destruction.
"This
is what characterizes American politicians: they lie on a daily basis
... That’s why we shouldn’t believe what the Pentagon or any
other American institution says because they say things which serve
their policies, not things which reflect reality and the facts on the
ground."
Throughout
the bloody civil war which has claimed the lives of hundreds of
thousands, there have been a number of chemical attacks confirmed by
the U.N. and other experts. The responsibility in some of the cases —
including that of the attack in Khan Sheikhoun — has remained
inconclusive.
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