Since publishing my last post, Evidence Of The Syrian Army Using Munitions Linked To The August 21st Sarin Attack, which examined evidence of the high explosive variant of the munition linked to the August 21st Sarin attack (which I've dubbed UMLACAs) being fired from Mezzeh Airbase in Damascus, I've being searching through videos from the surrounding area, searching for more examples of the rockets being fired from the airbase. What I've found are six videos from December 2012 and January 2013 showing the launchers for the UMLACAs in operation inside Mezzeh Airbase, clear evidence that the Syrian military had the equipment required to launch the munitions linked to the August 21st Sarin attack.
The below image shows the clearest view of the munition, and I've adjusted the levels on the image to make the shape as clear as possible.
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As you can see this matches the unusual shape of the UMLACA. Below we see the launcher
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This twin barreled launcher appears to be of the same type photographed in Aleppo in November 2012, shown below, with the second picture showing it apparently loaded with an UMLACA
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We get a much clearer view of the launcher in the next two videos from Mezzeh airbase
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Another two videos show what appears to be the same vehicle launching rockets from Mezzeh Airbase
With a sixth video showing a launcher with the same launch profile seen in the above videos
It seems there's an ever increasing body of evidence confirming the Syrian government are capable of launching the rockets used in the August 21st attack, and that they've been using those launchers since at least November 2012. These videos are from one location in Damascus, but we know there's at least one video showing an UMLACA launch from Qadam railway station in Damascus, so it might be time to revisit some old videos showing rocket launches, and giving them an extra close look.
More posted on the subject of the August 21st attacks can be found here, and other posts on chemical weapons and Syria, including extremely informative interviews with chemical weapon specialists, can be found here.
You can contact the author on Twitter @brown_moses or by email at brownmoses@gmail.com.
The following video, posted on December 23rd 2012, shows the clearest view of the munition being launched
The below image shows the clearest view of the munition, and I've adjusted the levels on the image to make the shape as clear as possible.
As you can see this matches the unusual shape of the UMLACA. Below we see the launcher
This twin barreled launcher appears to be of the same type photographed in Aleppo in November 2012, shown below, with the second picture showing it apparently loaded with an UMLACA
We get a much clearer view of the launcher in the next two videos from Mezzeh airbase
Another two videos show what appears to be the same vehicle launching rockets from Mezzeh Airbase
With a sixth video showing a launcher with the same launch profile seen in the above videos
It seems there's an ever increasing body of evidence confirming the Syrian government are capable of launching the rockets used in the August 21st attack, and that they've been using those launchers since at least November 2012. These videos are from one location in Damascus, but we know there's at least one video showing an UMLACA launch from Qadam railway station in Damascus, so it might be time to revisit some old videos showing rocket launches, and giving them an extra close look.
More posted on the subject of the August 21st attacks can be found here, and other posts on chemical weapons and Syria, including extremely informative interviews with chemical weapon specialists, can be found here.
You can contact the author on Twitter @brown_moses or by email at brownmoses@gmail.com.