Rebels Admit Responsibility for Chemical Weapons AttackMilitants tell AP reporter they mishandled Saudi-supplied chemical weapons, causing accident Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com August 30, 2013 Syrian rebels in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta have admitted to Associated Press correspondent Dale Gavlak that they were responsible for last week’s chemical weapons incident which western powers have blamed on Bashar Al-Assad’s forces, revealing that the casualties were the result of an accident caused by rebels mishandling chemical weapons provided to them by Saudi Arabia.