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- 8 May
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:38
- Matthew VanDyke
- I read your piece on chemical weapons
- good analysis
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:39
- Eliot Higgins
- Thanks, not being able to get an exact ID is driving me (and a lot of other people) mad
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:39
- Matthew VanDyke
- it could be homemade
- it looks like pvc pipe to me
- I didn't look too closely, but it could be some industrial part they brought in from Turkey
- or from the chlorine facility you mentioned
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:40
- Eliot Higgins
- There's other similar looking gas grenades with the same PVC look, but I get the feeling it could be made in Syria or Iran
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:40
- Matthew VanDyke
- don't rule out the possibility that the rebels do have a small quantity of chemical weapons
- I've had information for a few months on this
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:41
- Eliot Higgins
- Did you see my last post about JaN having one of those grenades?
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:41
- Matthew VanDyke
- This is OFF THE RECORD
- I am just telling you since you've done so much good work in this field, you have a right to know about the likelihood
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:41
- Eliot Higgins
- I'll keep it off the record
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:41
- Matthew VanDyke
- I think it was your last post that I just read
- I have a source that has been reliable in the past, who gave me information about the rebels having acquired a small quantity a few months ago, and I know what building they came out of.
- and I know some things about the building, having been to the site, that give the information some additional credibility
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:43
- Eliot Higgins
- Did they mention what type?
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:43
- Matthew VanDyke
- The Syrian regime was openly contemplating the idea of letting inspectors into the Aleppo case for a reason
- I do not know what type they were
- The rebels hauling the stuff out of the building might not have even known what type they had captured
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:45
- Eliot Higgins
- You know if it was artillery shells, mortars, etc?
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:45
- Matthew VanDyke
- I do not know
- I think it was a small quantity, judging by where they were stored
- but by small quantity, I mean possibly hundreds of shells of some type. I do not know.
- The source didn't have that level of detail.
- I'm just telling you so that you'll keep an open mind about these incidents and not have anything come totally unexpected to you in the future about chemical weapons use in Syria
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:48
- Eliot Higgins
- I'll keep an eye out then
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:49
- Matthew VanDyke
- You did not hear any of this from me
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:49
- Eliot Higgins
- Okay, understood
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:52
- Matthew VanDyke
- I mean privately you can discuss it with other journalists I suppose and tell them that I told you, since I did post something about it on The NVC awhile back, but what I posted on The NVC was more vague than what I just told you, and even what I told you is more vague than the level of details I actually know.
- Matthew VanDyke
- 08/05/2013 17:53
- Matthew VanDyke
- I just don't want to be quoted in any articles about it. I'm just telling journalists so they're prepared for the possibility of gas exposure if they work in the Aleppo area.
- as a safety issue
- Eliot Higgins
- 08/05/2013 17:54
- Eliot Higgins
- Yeah, not a problem
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