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13. I'm not buying the manufacture of Sarin artillery shells by the rebels.

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 01:07 AM

Aug 2013

It takes WAY more than a skilled machinist!

The stuff has to be manufactured and handled very carefully.

This was done by a well equipped military.

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Initial Western intelligence finds Syrian forces used chemical weapons [View all] Eugene Aug 2013 OP

Obviously Sarin was employed by the Syrian military. rdharma Aug 2013 #1

Why do you say that? Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #2

Obvious symptoms... or very, very good acting by the victims. rdharma Aug 2013 #3

The question was pointed more towards who, not the what aspect. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #4

Tanks. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #8

Nope! rdharma Aug 2013 #9

They have captured artillery pieces. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #10

The rebels didn't make the artillery rounds. rdharma Aug 2013 #11

Artillery rounds are not that hard to make. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #12

It takes more then a machinist? Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #14

Give me the prints and I would ba able to manufacture them Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #16

You can make Sarin? nt rdharma Aug 2013 #17

We were discussing delivery systems. Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #18