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Eliot Engel: “Exactly, Congressman. They did not have a mandate to determine responsibility; although, if you read between the lines…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
Exactly, Congressman. They did not have a mandate to determine responsibility; although, if you read between the lines of their report where they mentioned that the eyewitness accounts consistently spoke of the chemical weapons being delivered by helicopters.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel comments on the OPCW's inability to attribute chemical attacks to the Syrian regime.

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