That would not be consistent with the use of artillery.
The events appeared consistent with the use of such weapons.
The symptoms, too, appeared largely consistent with the use of a toxic gas.
Mr. Kay said the dogs exhibited symptoms consistent with the use of a nerve agent like sarin.
Video showing injuries consistent with the use of white phosphorus shells has been filmed inside hospitals treating Palestinian wounded in Gaza City.
Extensive video footage attributed to the attack in eastern Damascus (which we assess would be very difficult to falsify) is consistent with the use of a nerve agent, such as sarin, and is not consistent with the use of blister or riot control agents.
A forensic pathologist also testified that the way in which Mr. Faison's lungs reacted at the time of his death was consistent with the use of an irritant like pepper spray.
One intelligence official said then that American teams in Afghanistan had collected the bones of small animals and taken soil samples that proved to have traces consistent with the use of such chemical agents.
The Security Council of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq say that soil and clothing samples, taken after an Isis car bomb attack on 23 January, are consistent with the use of chlorine gas.
As human rights groups and media investigated the claims, it became clear that at the time they were shot, the boys were a long way from the soldiers and that their wounds were consistent with the use of live ammunition, which is permitted only as a last resort.
The levels of iron oxide, alumina and titania in the Jebel Khalid Hellenistic glasses are consistent with the use of impure, sand-sourced silica.
