Possible Implications of Faulty
US Technical Intelligence in the Damascus
Nerve Agent Attack of August 21, 2013
Richard Lloyd
Former UN Weapons Inspector
Tesla Laboratories Inc.|Arlington, VA
Voice: 509-979-3995; e-mail: rlloyd@tesla.net
Theodore A. Postol...
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Possible Implications of Faulty
US Technical Intelligence in the Damascus
Nerve Agent Attack of August 21, 2013
Richard Lloyd
Former UN Weapons Inspector
Tesla Laboratories Inc.|Arlington, VA
Voice: 509-979-3995; e-mail: rlloyd@tesla.net
Theodore A. Postol
Professor of Science, Technology, and National Security Policy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Voice: 617 543-7646; e-mail: postol@mit.edu
Washington, DC
January 14, 2014
MIT
Science, Technology, and
Global Security Working Group
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What is the Main Policy Issue?
The Syrian Improvised Chemical Munitions that Were Used in the August 21,
Nerve Agent Attack in Damascus Have a Range of About 2 Kilometers
The UN Independent Assessment of the Range of the Chemical Munition Is in
Exact Agreement with Our Findings
This Indicates That These Munitions Could Not Possibly Have Been Fired at
East Ghouta from the “Heart”, or from the Eastern Edge, of the Syrian
Government Controlled Area Shown in the Intelligence Map Published by the
White Ho
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