In March 2012 , Eliot Higgins started a blog under the pseudonym Brown Moses , through which he published his research into video footage of the Syrian Civil War . He looked at hundreds of these short clips on the Internet , localized them , and examined details of the weapons used . As a result , Higgins was able to demonstrate that the Syrian regime was using cluster munitions and chemical weapons . In 2013 , Higgins linked the significant chemical attack in Ghouta ( the Ghouta chemical attack ) to Bashar al-Assad
Ghouta chemical attack
Ghouta chemical attack
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