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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Defecting Syrian chemical doctor blames regime for chemical attacks

Shahrour press conference. (Michael Weiss)
Dr. Abdel Tawwab Shahrour speaks Tuesday during a press conference in Syria. (Michael Weiss)"

A defecting doctor from Syria’s chemical weapon program gave a press conference on Tuesday to present evidence on the Bashar al-Assad’s regime use of chemical weapons in Aleppo.
 
“I have witnessed cold blooded massacres [committed by the Syrian regime], and I coordinated with the rebels and documented these crimes before defecting in August 2013,” Dr. Abdel Tawwab Shahrour, the head of the Chemical Weapons Unit's Forensic Medical Committee in the Aleppo district, said in the press conference.

“We conducted tests on more than four thousand victims and prepared a file that contains the results we found that were submitted to the [Syrian] judiciary, while I kept another copy for myself..............”

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