The Guardian – Peter Beaumont – Tunisian Opposition Figures Killed With Same Gun – 27 July 2013

Mohammed Brahmi shot dead with weapon used to kill secular politician Chokri Belaid in Tunis six months ago

Mohammed Brahmi, the leftwing Tunisian opposition figure gunned down in front of his house on Thursday, was killed with the same weapon used to assassinate another secular politician in Tunis in February.

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TheObserver – Peter Beaumont – Syrian Nerve Gas Claims Undermined By Eyewitness Accounts – 28 April 2013

Description of attack in which six rebels died adds to uncertainty about claims that sarin has been used in the conflict Peter Beaumont / The Observer, Saturday 27 April 2013 23.01 BST

Shelling in Houla in Syria’s Homs province. Rebel forces have accused the regime of using chemical weapons. Photograph: Jalal Al-Halabi/AFP/Getty Images

New questions have emerged over the source of the soil and other samples from Syria which, it is claimed, have tested positive for the nerve agent sarin, amid apparent inconsistencies between eyewitness accounts describing one of the attacks and textbook descriptions of the weapon.

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