UK Foreign Office Denies Claiming Russia Responsible For Nerve Agent, Deletes Tweet
- UK Foreign Office Denies Claiming Russia Responsible For Nerve Agent, Deletes Tweet
by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
Update: It appears that either the British government can’t keep its lies and proof-less accusations straight or something far more nefarious is at play.
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Following headlines (below) that British government scientists admitted they couldn’t tell where the poison – identified by the UK as A-234, also known as Novichok, used in the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals – came from, undermining a number of claims to come out of Westminster, The UK Foreign Office denies claiming the nerve agent used in the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals came directly from Russia, despite admitting it sent a tweet saying exactly that, and Boris Johnson making the same claim.
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The UK Foreign Office has admitted it deleted the tweet which directly stated that the nerve agent came direct from Russia. London has directly accused the Kremlin on at least three occasions of being behind the chemical attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.
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As RT notes, bizarrely, the Foreign Office denies Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson claimed the novichock “categorically” came from Russia, despite a recorded interview clearly showing he did.
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