You omit to say that the Syrian Government have made this claim, not the BBC, after all the job of any journalist is simply to report.
It is interesting that you still question the validity of the BBC, would it be better if I watched Al Jazzera? or even your personal favorite channel*, the Russian State Propaganda Machine, Russia Today?
Any chance of a link of this 'fact' being reported by the BBC? It seems not to be on their website and as such I am not able to verify your facts
The sad reality is simple, innocent people are being killed, the Syrian Regime has the the weaponry and the desire to use chemical warfare. They would of course try to bluff their way out of it, it's propaganda. The Russians have a Naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus, which shows whose side they are on.
Should we sit on the sidlines and let people die for no good reason, Neville Chamberlain might have, but it does not make it right.
*You started a thread called 'Russia Today V the BBC News!' dated, 01/05/2013, heck you even argued with me about the validity of RT's reporting on a few posts, you gave up after a while, but in case you forgot your opening post was