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"In the months before the attack, the American intelligence agencies
produced a series of highly classified reports, culminating in a formal
Operations Order – a planning document that precedes a ground invasion – citing
evidence that the al-Nusra Front, a jihadi group affiliated with al-Qaida, had
mastered the mechanics of creating sarin and was capable of manufacturing it in
quantity. When the attack occurred al-Nusra should have been a suspect, but the
administration cherry-picked intelligence to justify a strike against
Assad." (thanks Regan)