UK delivered Syria chemicals needed for killer gas
September 08, 2013  19:03
Britain has for the first time acknowledged that UK firms were allowed to export deadly chemicals to Syria, allowing the Bashar al-Assad's regime to produce nerve gas Sarin, which was allegedly used in an attack that killed nearly 1,500 people.        

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills granted a number of licences to specialist firms, allowing them to deliver sodium fluoride to Syria before the current conflict and European Union sanctions.
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