Don’t take security agencies’ word for it on Syrian, U.K. attacks

Asking Western leaders to show proof supporting their allegations doesn’t make you an ‘Assad apologist’ or a ‘Russian propagandist.’
British Prime Minister Theresa May has concluded that it's highly likely Russia was responsible for the attack on an ex-Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury, U.K., on March 4.
OTTAWA—In recent weeks, we have seen two major incidents occur: the March 4 poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, and the April 7 attack on the embattled Syrian town of Douma. In both cases, we were told by Western intelligence agencies, before any actual...

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