One cannot be sure of the ground truth in war-ravaged Syria, but if this report is correct, then the rebels have just cemented their reputation as a bunch of heavily armed and dangerous amateurs. According to the BBC, an Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inspection team was attacked en route to Hama province to investigate reports that Assad’s government had used chlorine gas on civilians. The OPCW inspectors were trying to reach the rebel-held (emphasis added) village of Kafr Zaita, where there have been six alleged chlorine attacks in two months. The first report of the attack on their convoy came from the Syrian foreign ministry, which said six inspectors had been "kidnapped" along with their five Syrian drivers. The state news agency, Sana, quoted a statement as saying that shortly after leaving their government escort on Tuesday morning in the village Tayyiba Imam, a bomb had exploded beside one of the four UN-marked...(Read Full Post)