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United States, Britain and
France opted to strike Syria
for its apparent use of
chemical weapons without
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U.N. inspectors because
they were convinced that
the Assad government had
used chlorine and sarin nerve
gas against a rebel-held
Damascus suburb, American
officials said Saturday.
The allies also acted
because of concerns that
Russian and
Syrian forces
may already
have tried to
clean up important
evidence in
Douma, where
more than 40
people died in last weekend’s
attack, the officials said.
The three countries
launched their missiles
even as the fact-finding
team from the Organization
for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons was
in the Syrian capital and
had been expected to head
on Saturday to Douma.
Russia and Syria have
denied that chemical weapons
were used at all and said
their own investigators had
been to the area and found no
trace of them. Those assertions
have been denounced
as lies by Western officials.
The West’s assessments
of what happened April 7 in
Douma rely mainly on open
source information. That
includes witness testimony, as
well as video and photos shot
by aid workers, victims of the
attacks and unspecified additional
intelligence about barrel
bombs and chlorine canisters
Countries were convinced Syria used
gas in attack that left dozens dead
HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald
Guests check out the Puna Chocolate Co. booth Saturday during the first Hilo Cacao and Chocolate Festival
presented by the East Hawaii Cacao Association at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. For additional photos of the
event, see Being There in Monday’s edition.
Residents say
Kealakekua
environmental
report lacking
KAILUA-KONA — Several residents
who spoke out about a draft environmental
impact statement connected to
a master plan at Kealakekua Bay State
Historical Park said many of the document’s
elements don’t pass muster.
“If I turned this in to my school, they
would have given me an ‘incomplete,’” said
Tony Casciato, summing up the biological
resource survey report, which assessed
plants and animals at the park site.
Casciato referenced the endangered species
in the bay area, such as the Hawaiian
hoary bat. The survey says the chances
of any adverse impacts to bats “are likely
small,” but, Casciato noted, the resources
survey explicitly states that “surveys for
Hawaiian hoary bats were not conducted.”
And while he agreed with plans to restore
native habitats and control invasive species,
he said, the means to accomplish those ends
‘Message of hope’
LAUPAHOEHOE — A teen suicide
prevention project kicked off
Friday at Laupahoehoe Community
Public Charter School.
Project Reach Out, sponsored jointly
by the Hawaii County Council and
a nonprofit called Kahua Pa‘a Mua,
aims to share resources and spread its
“message of hope” with middle and
high school students through one-hour
assemblies at Big Island campuses.
It launched Friday with assemblies
in Laupahoehoe and Honokaa.
Later this month, it will stop at
Kanu o ka ‘Aina Learning ‘Ohana
and Waimea Middle School. In
September, it will host assemblies at
Ka‘u and Konawaena high schools.
“We are going school to school
pending funding, and we are
Entertainers,
wearing lei,
Kapena Q, Big
Mox and Bosswitdasauce
of 808 Viral
are photographed
with
students after
an assembly
Friday at
Laupahoehoe
Community
Public Charter
School.
HOLLYN
JOHNSON/
Tribune-Herald
ONE SWEET FESTIVAL
Project aims to prevent
suicide, encourages
students to seek help
By KIRSTEN JOHNSON
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
See PROJECT Page A6
By MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press
MAY
See SYRIA Page A6
See REPORT Page A7
Marathon
men: Vuls
split twice
SPORTS, B1
By CAMERON MICULKA
West Hawaii Today
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