Black said Britain’s MI6 intelligence service was planning a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people, which it would then blame on Assad. “Around four weeks ago, we knew that British intelligence was working toward a chemical attack in order to blame the Syrian government, to hold Syria responsible,” Black said on Al Mayadeen, an Arab news channel based in Beirut. Black also said some chemical attacks previously reported to have occurred in Syria were British fakes, pulled off with help from volunteer first responders known as White Helmets. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency identified Black as an “America senator” in reports on his visit. As a state legislator, Black plays no role in setting U.S. foreign policy.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2018 18:46 UTC