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The Saudi's would never do such a thing!
Bad weather and a complex multinational procurement effort for equipment have also delayed the operation, an official from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said. Syria agreed to abandon its chemical weapons by next June under a deal proposed by Russia and hashed out with the United States after an August 21 sarin gas attack that Western nations blamed on Assad's forces. Damascus agreed to transport the "most critical" chemicals, including around 20 tonnes of mustard nerve agent, out of the Mediterranean port of Latakia by December 31 to be safely destroyed abroad away from the war zone.
The Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission, Sigrid Kaag, told Reuters in Damascus on Monday that the OPCW is "comfortable in the knowledge that all the work is about to be completed" but she did not say how long the delay will last. Kaag said on Sunday the deadline will not be met, citing technical delays, and she said on Monday there had been delays at customs without elaborating further. The Syrian government is responsible for the safe packaging, transport along roads to Latakia - including the main highway from the capital - and removal of chemical weapons.
Government forces took back control this month of the highway linking Damascus to the coast which is needed to transport the toxins. Rebel were ousted from three towns along the road but activists say convoys moving along it will remain vulnerable to rebel ambushes.
Kaag said the Syrian government has repeatedly voiced a number of security concerns. Damascus "needs to plan for any eventuality in the journey from different sites to Latakia and in Latakia itself," she said. "This is a very complex management exercise over and above the fact that it is a chemical weapons program that has to be destroyed at a time that a country is at war," she said. Despite the delay, Kaag said "progress is very strong" and there is "a clear determination by all parties to achieve success."
War, weather, bureaucracy cause Syria to miss chemical weapons deadline | Reuters
The conflict in Syria began in March 2011 as peaceful protests against four decades of rule by President Bashar al-Assad's family, but turned into an armed insurgency whose sectarian dimensions have reverberated across the Middle East. The anti-Assad Observatory, based in Britain but with a network of sources across Syria, put the number of women and children killed in the conflict so far at 11,709. It said the death toll among rebels fighting the Assad government was at least 29,083.
Deaths among the Syrian armed forces and fighters supporting Assad were at least 52,290, including 262 fighters from the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah and 286 from other non-Syrian Shi'ite groups. Both Sunni and Shi'ite militants from the region have joined the fight on opposite sides. Many Sunni Muslim nations support the rebels, who are led by Syria's Sunni majority. Shi'ite Muslim states back Assad, who is from the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ism.
The Observatory said at least 17,000 people are being held in government prisons while more than 6,000 government supporters are in the custody of Islamist rebels. It said the actual number of people killed and imprisoned is likely to be at least 50,000 higher, but said it could not verify those cases because the identities of the victims were hidden or missing. The United Nations does not give regular casualty counts for Syria and has said for months that more than 100,000 have been killed.
Anti-Assad monitoring group says Syrian death toll passes 130,000
The Saudi's would never do such a thing!
Yeah, something's wrong. Assad had absolutely nothing to gain by using Chemical Weapons. However, our Government had quite a bit to gain.
The Saudi's would never do such a thing!
Yeah, something's wrong. Assad had absolutely nothing to gain by using Chemical Weapons. However, our Government had quite a bit to gain.
You mean the weapons Assad admits he has?
Yeah, not turning out too well for the wookie-suiters.
Yeah, something's wrong. Assad had absolutely nothing to gain by using Chemical Weapons. However, our Government had quite a bit to gain.
You mean the weapons Assad admits he has?
Yeah, not turning out too well for the wookie-suiters.
How so? Assad has allowed UN Inspectors in. It's a non-issue now. The man had nothing to gain and everything to lose by using Chemical Weapons. That's why the story never added up. But regardless, the issue is dead. So what other reason will our Government come up with to drag us into another ridiculous War? Stay tuned i guess.
You mean the weapons Assad admits he has?
Yeah, not turning out too well for the wookie-suiters.
How so? Assad has allowed UN Inspectors in. It's a non-issue now. The man had nothing to gain and everything to lose by using Chemical Weapons. That's why the story never added up. But regardless, the issue is dead. So what other reason will our Government come up with to drag us into another ridiculous War? Stay tuned i guess.
His side was losing. So using chemweaps was a good move. It achieved all his goals: disheartened the opposition, solidifed backing from his patrons in Moscow, and made the U.S. a partner in his disarmament, effectively eliminating the U.S. as an opposition force and guaranteeing he stay.
Remember when Obama declared Assad had to go? Yeah, that isn't happening.
Who was threatening Syria with annhilation? Putin? Putin was supplying him. Only the U.S. drew a red line. And Assad bet correctly that Obama wouldnt follow through on that any more than he had with anything else. It was an easy bet. The Europeans would respond by calling for talks and UN condemnations. The U.S. would wimp out. Russia would send more stuff. China, who knows?How so? Assad has allowed UN Inspectors in. It's a non-issue now. The man had nothing to gain and everything to lose by using Chemical Weapons. That's why the story never added up. But regardless, the issue is dead. So what other reason will our Government come up with to drag us into another ridiculous War? Stay tuned i guess.
His side was losing. So using chemweaps was a good move. It achieved all his goals: disheartened the opposition, solidifed backing from his patrons in Moscow, and made the U.S. a partner in his disarmament, effectively eliminating the U.S. as an opposition force and guaranteeing he stay.
Remember when Obama declared Assad had to go? Yeah, that isn't happening.
I'l have to disagree with your assessment. When the world's most powerful nations are threatening to annihilate you if you use Chemical Weapons, i don't see why Assad would take that risk. It just doesn't add up. In my assessment, the U.S. fudged it when they became obsessed with the Chemical Weapon issue. They truly believed it would be an automatic justification for entry into the War. But clearly, it didn't go as planned. Assad and Putin won the Chess Match instead.
Now the U.S. is left with no real justification for getting us involved with their Civil War. In fact, i'm very angry that we're still giving weapons and Tax Dollars to the 'Rebels.' That needs to end immediately. These groups are over-run with psycho Al Qaeda cretins. Our Government needs to pull the plug on all support.
Who was threatening Syria with annhilation? Putin? Putin was supplying him. Only the U.S. drew a red line. And Assad bet correctly that Obama wouldnt follow through on that any more than he had with anything else. It was an easy bet. The Europeans would respond by calling for talks and UN condemnations. The U.S. would wimp out. Russia would send more stuff. China, who knows?His side was losing. So using chemweaps was a good move. It achieved all his goals: disheartened the opposition, solidifed backing from his patrons in Moscow, and made the U.S. a partner in his disarmament, effectively eliminating the U.S. as an opposition force and guaranteeing he stay.
Remember when Obama declared Assad had to go? Yeah, that isn't happening.
I'l have to disagree with your assessment. When the world's most powerful nations are threatening to annihilate you if you use Chemical Weapons, i don't see why Assad would take that risk. It just doesn't add up. In my assessment, the U.S. fudged it when they became obsessed with the Chemical Weapon issue. They truly believed it would be an automatic justification for entry into the War. But clearly, it didn't go as planned. Assad and Putin won the Chess Match instead.
Now the U.S. is left with no real justification for getting us involved with their Civil War. In fact, i'm very angry that we're still giving weapons and Tax Dollars to the 'Rebels.' That needs to end immediately. These groups are over-run with psycho Al Qaeda cretins. Our Government needs to pull the plug on all support.
The U.S. has plenty of justification as the conflict is spreading to Lebanon and other places.
The Saudi's would never do such a thing!
Yeah, something's wrong. Assad had absolutely nothing to gain by using Chemical Weapons. However, our Government had quite a bit to gain.
Yea, Assad would NEVER use chemic weapons.
Thats why he has them.
thats why hes no longer denying it.
Dingbat. Everything is a conspiracy to you, wtf is wrong with your paranoid brain? Leave the caffeine alone bud.
Does Syria own chemical weapons? - yes
Versus - the u.s. risking being thrown out of the UN, retaliation from other Superpowers, etc.