SKY package about usage of Sarin gas etc in Syria

Three hundred US Marines have been deployed to northern Jordan to pave the way for the West to arm Syrian rebels.

A Patriot anti-aircraft missile system, designed to protect Jordanian territory from attack by Assad missiles, has also been moved into the area.

The deployment, seen by The Times north of Al-Mafraq, has been put in place under cover of a military training exercise being held this week, but it will remain there for months.

Western involvement in the Syrian conflict was rapidly accelerating last night after President Obama gave the green light to arm the anti-Assad rebels. His decision followed confirmation that the Syrian dictator’s regime had used chemical weapons, crossing Washington’s “red line”.

David Cameron said that analysis at Porton Down, the