US 'hell-bent' on removing Assad from Syria: Analyst
The US is warning of a possible chemical attack by the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group as a way to justify Washington’s sustained military intervention in the Middle East and oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, says a political analyst in California.
“When the United States is warning that the ISIL terrorists may be using a chemical weapon very soon in the future and is trying to put that idea in people’s heads, that is telling me that they intend to use that at some point in order to justify maintaining their foothold],” said Scott Bennett, a former US Army psychological warfare officer.
“This is simply designed as cover for another covert weapon in the US weapon system,” Bennett told Press TV on Wednesday.
“This is absolutely a sign that the United States is not on the side of Iraq, not on the side of Mosul people, but really on the side of itself and it is hell-bent on removing Assad,” Bennett said.
American officials say the Daesh Takfiri group may resort to launching chemical attacks in the fight to hold its grip on Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul.
Speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, multiple American sources said Tuesday that attacks involving chemical agents are possible, given the terror group’s previous record of such attempts.
Tuesday marked the second day of military operations by the Iraqi army, volunteer Shia and Sunni fighters as well as Kurdish Peshmerga forces to liberate the city of Mosul, the last stronghold of Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, which they overran in June 2014.
US forces are also taking part in the operation, where they remain in the “harm's way,” as put by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Monday.
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