"If you see, in the spectrum of a planet host star, strange chemical elements, it can be a signal from a civilization which is there."

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The question is who threw chemicals on the same day on our soldiers. That's the same question. Technically, not the soldiers. Soldiers don't throw missiles on themselves. So, either the rebels, the terrorists, or a third party. We don't have any clue yet.

— Bashar al-Assad