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just proves, once again, what liars this administration is!
I could swear I read an article where the U.N inspectors could determine if chemical weapons were used but not allowed to determine who used them. Wonder what changed?
I could swear I read an article where the U.N inspectors could determine if chemical weapons were used but not allowed to determine who used them. Wonder what changed?
just proves, once again, what liars this administration is!
Do you always leap before you look?
just proves, once again, what liars this administration is!
Do you always leap before you look?
it is called putting 2 and 2 together. I mean, they DID DO IT LAST TIME. assad and russia did WANT the un there
do u ever fuckin think?
Before you know it someone will show up with yellow cake.
I wonder if it will make a difference THIS TIME?
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UPDATE: This article was updated to clarify one or two points that some of our readers found misleading: The chemical attack earlier this year was widely blamed on the Syrian regime. It is this attack that the UN now concludes was carried out by Syrian rebels. It appears unlikely for a number of reasons that the most recent August 21st attack was carried out by government forces despite the rush to judgement within the international community although this has yet to be fully determined. It is clear that both sides in the Syrian conflict have the means to use chemical weapons and it would be misguided to assume that either side has a moral objection to such attacks.
As Jean Pascal Zanders, formerly of the European Union Institute for Security Studies, has pointed out In fact, we the public know very little beyond the observation of outward symptoms of asphyxiation and possible exposure to neurotoxicants, despite the mass of images and film footage. For the Wests credibility, I think that governments should await the results of the U.N. investigation.
Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack Carried Out by Rebels, Says UN (UPDATE) | Las Vegas Guardian Express
Brahimi spoke to reporters in Geneva as a U.N. inspection team was investigating the alleged poison gas attack near Damascus on Aug. 21 and momentum built for Western military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime in the civil war that he called the most serious crisis facing the international community. "With what has happened on the 21st of August last week, it does seem that some kind of substance was used that killed a lot of people: hundreds, definitely more than a hundred, some people say 300, some people say 600, maybe 1,000, maybe more than 1,000 people," Brahimi said. "This was of course unacceptable. This is outrageous. This confirms how dangerous the situation in Syria is and how important for the Syrians and the international community to really develop the political will to address this issue seriously, and look for a solution for it," he said.
Brahimi did not elaborate on whether he based his information on the work of the U.N. team or other sources such as Western intelligence, including what U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called "undeniable" evidence of a large-scale chemical attack likely launched by Assad's regime.
Brahimi also said that any U.S.-led military action must first gain approval from the 15-nation Security Council, whose five permanent members - Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - each have veto power. "International law says that any military action must be taken after" Security Council approval, he said. But, he added, President Barack Obama's administration is "not known to be trigger-happy."
News from The Associated Press
just proves, once again, what liars this administration is!
Do you always leap before you look?
it is called putting 2 and 2 together. I mean, they DID DO IT LAST TIME. assad and russia did WANT the un there
do u ever fuckin think?
evidently not nearly as less as you do.
just proves, once again, what liars this administration is!