Chemical Weapons Attack: French “Investigation” in Syria Neither Impartial nor Independent | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Chemical Weapons Attack: French “Investigation” in Syria Neither Impartial nor Independent | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

After
any crime, regardless of scale, a swift, impartial and independent
investigation is required if any accountability at all is desired. The
French government, in the wake of an alleged “chemical weapons attack”
near Syria’s northern city of Idlib, has claimed that it is “committed
to ensuring that the perpetrators of this heinous attack are held
accountable.”

The LA Times in an article titled, “Syrian chemical attack bears Assad’s signature, France says,” would report:

A six-page report by
French intelligence services claims the nerve agent came from hidden
stockpiles of chemical weapons that Damascus was supposed to have
destroyed under an U.S.- and Russian-brokered deal in 2013.

Were it the case that France was seriously committed to holding the
perpetrators of the alleged attack accountable, the French government
would need to call for an impartial, independent investigation into the
attack, and as soon as possible. Instead, it decided to carry out its
own “investigation,” ensuring neither impartiality nor independence, and
by consequence, achieving no accountability.