" it is really a stretch to blame the Brits for the atrocities committed by Assad."
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The UK supplied potentially deadly chemicals that could have been used in the chemical attack that killed more than 80 people, human rights groups have claimed.
In the 1980s the UK exported chemicals necessary to make sarin to the Syrian regime, reports The Guardian.
Sarin is an odorless liquid that is developed into a nerve gas that can cause excruciating pain to its victims.
In 2004, the then foreign secretary, William Hague, confirmed to parliament that the UK had exported chemicals that 'were likely to have been diverted for use in the Syrian programme'.
From 1983 to 1986 chemicals like dimethyl phosphite, trimethyl phosphite and hydrogen fluoride were supplied to Syria.
Did the UK sell sarin chemicals to Assad's regime?
William Hague found that certain chemicals used to make sarin were exported from the UK
The chemicals are ordinarily used to manufacture plastic and pharmaceuticals, but they can also be used to produce sarin.
Hague told parliament: 'From the information we hold, we judge it likely that these chemical exports by UK companies were subsequently used by Syria in their programmes to produce nerve agents, including sarin.'