august 21st outside of damascus. there is also very little doubt and should be no doubt for anyone who approaches this logically that the syrian regime is responsible for the u.s. of chemical weapons on august 21st outside of damascus. we have established with a high degree of confidence that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons already in this conflict. we have made clear it s our firmest assessment that the syrian regime has maintained control of the stockpile of the weapons in syria. it s also the case that the syrian regime has the rocket capacity to deliver the chemical weapons as they were delivered with repugnant results on august 21st outside of damascus.
all the many ways that we have in an effort to bring about that s reconciliation or that process. i want to bring in wolf blitzer and jill dougherty. jay said there s no doubt chemical weapons were used outside of damascus and little doubt that the syrian regime was responsible for that and they had the cape ability to deliver those. he did say that the intelligence report would be released. he said it could come this week. obviously, it could mean it still could come today or tomorrow. he did say this week. i think they re going through it. they re scrubbing it. they want to make sure that everything is rite.
syria s foreign minister warns against any possible military strike saying quote, syria is not easy to swallow. the white house says there s little doubt that the chemical weapons were used on a massive scale there. white house spokesman jay carney says the syrian regime is responsible. this as defense secretary chuck hagel says the u.s. is quote, ready to go, if president obama orders attacks. his comments comes days after the u.s. moved warships armed with cruise missiles into the mediterranean sea. any strike could be completed in days. meanwhile in syria, u.n. expe inspectors will not examine sites. they were turned back because of the security concerns. i have a dream. tomorrow marks 50 years since
weapons in syria. the actions taken in the immediate aftermath of this heinous attack demonstrate his lack of credibility. we believe that a careful review of the facts leads to the conclusion that the regime was behind this. again, it s undeniable that chemical weapons were used on large scale. we know that the regime maintains custody of the chemical weapons in syria and uses the types of rockets that were used to deliver chemical weapons on august 21st. the opposition does not. we also know that the opposition does not have the cap abilities that the syrian regime has. we have had an assessment by the intelligence community with a high degree of confidence they have useused, on a smaller scal chemical weapons already.
made a decision and has an announcement to make he ll make it. that process continues. he s not made a decision at this point? correct. there s a lot of speculation this this report would link assad to the chemical weapons attack. can you give us an update on timing? yesterday i made clear that the intelligence community is working on an assessment. we ll provide information to the public about it in the coming days. that remains true. that speculation it would come today rather than some other day. i think you can expect it this week. let me also say and i think that both secretary kerry and i attempted to make clear yesterday that there is no doubt here that chemical weapons were used on a massive scale on