INQUIRER.net: Obama skeptical of Assad claim on chemical weapons

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Obama skeptical of Assad claim on chemical weapons Mar 21st 2013, 00:35 JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States is investigating whether chemical weapons have been deployed in Syria, but he's "deeply skeptical" of claims by Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime that rebel forces were behind such an attack.   Both the Assad regime and Syrian rebels have accused each other of using chemical weapons in an attack on Tuesday that the government says killed 31 and wounded more than 100. But Obama suggested it's more likely that if the weapons were used, the Syrian government was behind the attack.   "We know the Syrian government has the capacity to carry out chemical weapon attacks," Obama said. "We kn... Keep on reading: Obama skeptical of Assad claim on chemical weapons Media files: barack-obama-state-of-union-3.jpg (image/jpeg)

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