Anti-Fraud Experts Launch News-Accuracy Site, Find U.S. Probably Blamed Wrong Side for Syria Chemical Attack

Horrifying footage from Damascus suburbs showed rows of dead children and writhing victims following a 2013 chemical weapons attack. With hundreds killed, President Barack Obama asked the American public to support his proposal to bomb Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, which he said was responsible.

The airstrikes never happened amid a groundswell of opposition in Congress, including claims from one back-bench lawmaker who said he reviewed classified evidence and found it was being “manipulated” to justify military intervention.

But were U.S. authorities yet again asking Congress to consider unsubstantiated claims ahead of a war vote? The debate is being reopened with the launch Tuesday of a news analysis website that says it’s probable anti-Assad rebels actually launched the sarin gas.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-12-06/anti-fraud-experts-launch-news-accuracy-site-find-us-probably-blamed-wrong-side-for-syria-chemical-attack