German prosecutors said on Tuesday they had found no grounds to investigate Brenntag, the world’s largest chemicals distributor, over the sale to a company in Syria of substances the Assad regime can use to produce the deadly gas sarin. Germany refuses to investigate Brenntag killing Syrians. Many of whom are women and children.
Germany seems to give a green light to Brenntag to sell more chemicals to Assad in the future. During the last eight years, there have been 85 confirmed cases of Assad attacking his own people with chemical weapons. Almost all innocent civilians who refuse to live under the tutelage of his terror.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung, working with other media outlets, had in June reported that Brenntag sold ingredients with potential dual use to Chemical Assad. The regime used the chemicals to produce deadly nerve gas like sarin and others.
Nonetheless, Brenntag shares are dropping. They are hovering close to their bottom of one year of €36.49.
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The prosecutors office in the western city of Duisburg said there were no sufficient signs of wrongdoing that would justify an investigation into Brenntag. While the world looks on, Germany whitewashes Brenntag killing Syrians for profits.
Duisburg prosecutors had taken over the case from counterparts in Essen, who in June received the initial complaint about Brenntag from three non-governmental organizations: New York’s Open Society Justice Initiative, Berlin’s Syrian Archive and Switzerland’s Trial International.
Brenntag knows its chemicals could be used to produce nerve gas. It also knows well the history of Assad gassing his own people.
At the time, no valid reason was provided for the transfer from Essen to Duisberg. Today, the reason is more than clear.
Brenntag said in June that a Swiss subsidiary had in 2014 supplied diethylamine and isopropanol to Syrian drugmaker Mediterranean Pharmaceutical Industries (MPI) to produce a pain killer.
Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it had granted MPI contract manufacturing and local distribution rights for pain relief skin gel Voltaren.
Brenntag knows its chemicals could be used to produce nerve gas. It also knows well the history of Assad gassing his own people. Yet, the sale happened. Yet, Germany refuses to investigate.
The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria said in March that government forces had perpetrated 32 of 37 chemical attacks it had reported during the Syrian war. The Assad regime, even with overwhelming evidence, has denied using chemical weapons on women and children.
Reuters contributed to this article.
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