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    Seymour Hersh has released US Intel memo showing it knew Nusra could produce the nerve agent Sarin. Archived Message

    Posted by Laurie on September 14, 2023, 12:20 pm

    In the June 2013 assessment, the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) reports that al-Nusra - al Qaeda's wing in Syria - has a "sarin production cell" that marks al Qaeda's "most advanced sarin plot since al-Qaida's pre-9/11 effort."

    DIA: Al-Nusra's sarin production cell received help from sources in Turkey and Saudi Arabia - two countries deeply involved in the Syria dirty war. They were trying to "obtain sarin precursors in bulk... likely for the anticipated large scale production effort in Syria."

    Seymour Hersh's Substack (subscription)

    DIA on Al-Nusra Sarin Cell June 2013

    H/T David Miller, Aaron Maté

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