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Jacoby
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19 Mar 2013, 4:49 pm
By the 'rebels'?
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria's government and rebels traded accusations Tuesday of a chemical attack on a northern village for the first time in the civil war, although the U.S. said there was no evidence it had happened.
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President Barack Obama has declared the use, deployment or transfer of the weapons would be a "red line" for possible military intervention by the U.S. in the Syrian conflict.
The accusations emerged only a few hours after the Syrian opposition elected a prime minister to head an interim government that would rule areas seized by rebel forces from the Assad regime.
The state-run SANA news agency said "a missile containing a chemical substance" was fired at the village of Khan al-Assal in Aleppo province by "terrorists" - the term it uses for rebels. Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad said 31 people were killed.
SANA added that more than 100 others were wounded, some of them critically, and it published pictures showing casualties, including children, on stretchers in what appears to be a hospital ward. None showed signs of physical injuries.
"It is another crime to be added to the record of armed terrorist groups that are supported by some Arab countries and Western countries," Mekdad told reporters in Damascus.
To back up its claims of a chemical attack by the rebels, SANA pointed to videos posted on YouTube several months ago that purported to show regime opponents experimenting with poisons on mice and rabbits. The origin of the videos was not known.
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The White House and the State Department rejected only the Assad regime's charge.
"This is an issue that has been made very clear by the president to be of great concern to us," Carney said, adding that if the Syrian regime does use such weapons, "there will be consequences."
Russia, which has steadfastly supported Assad, backed the Syrian government's assertion. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the rebels detonated munitions containing an unidentified chemical agent, but didn't give further details, and added that it was an "extremely dangerous" development.
Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the OPCW, said he is "deeply concerned" about allegations of chemical weapons use and that the group will continue to monitor the situation closely.
The Syrian regime is believed to possess substantial stockpiles of mustard gas and a range of nerve agents, including sarin, a highly toxic substance that can suffocate its victims by paralyzing muscles around their lungs.
Syria's policy has been not to confirm or deny if it has chemical weapons. But in July, then-Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi told a news conference that Syria would only use chemical or biological weapons in case of foreign attack, not against its own people. The ministry then tried to blur the issue, saying it had never acknowledged having such weapons.
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Earlier Tuesday, Syria's opposition coalition elected Ghassan Hitto, a little-known American-educated technology manager to head an interim government to administer areas seized by rebels from Assad's troops.
In his first speech after his election, Hitto ruled out dialogue with the regime.
"We confirm to our people that there is no place for dialogue with the Assad regime," he told members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition in Istanbul.
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President Barack Obama has declared the use, deployment or transfer of the weapons would be a "red line" for possible military intervention by the U.S. in the Syrian conflict.
The accusations emerged only a few hours after the Syrian opposition elected a prime minister to head an interim government that would rule areas seized by rebel forces from the Assad regime.
The state-run SANA news agency said "a missile containing a chemical substance" was fired at the village of Khan al-Assal in Aleppo province by "terrorists" - the term it uses for rebels. Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Mekdad said 31 people were killed.
SANA added that more than 100 others were wounded, some of them critically, and it published pictures showing casualties, including children, on stretchers in what appears to be a hospital ward. None showed signs of physical injuries.
"It is another crime to be added to the record of armed terrorist groups that are supported by some Arab countries and Western countries," Mekdad told reporters in Damascus.
To back up its claims of a chemical attack by the rebels, SANA pointed to videos posted on YouTube several months ago that purported to show regime opponents experimenting with poisons on mice and rabbits. The origin of the videos was not known.
...
The White House and the State Department rejected only the Assad regime's charge.
"This is an issue that has been made very clear by the president to be of great concern to us," Carney said, adding that if the Syrian regime does use such weapons, "there will be consequences."
Russia, which has steadfastly supported Assad, backed the Syrian government's assertion. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the rebels detonated munitions containing an unidentified chemical agent, but didn't give further details, and added that it was an "extremely dangerous" development.
Ahmet Uzumcu, director general of the OPCW, said he is "deeply concerned" about allegations of chemical weapons use and that the group will continue to monitor the situation closely.
The Syrian regime is believed to possess substantial stockpiles of mustard gas and a range of nerve agents, including sarin, a highly toxic substance that can suffocate its victims by paralyzing muscles around their lungs.
Syria's policy has been not to confirm or deny if it has chemical weapons. But in July, then-Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi told a news conference that Syria would only use chemical or biological weapons in case of foreign attack, not against its own people. The ministry then tried to blur the issue, saying it had never acknowledged having such weapons.
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Earlier Tuesday, Syria's opposition coalition elected Ghassan Hitto, a little-known American-educated technology manager to head an interim government to administer areas seized by rebels from Assad's troops.
In his first speech after his election, Hitto ruled out dialogue with the regime.
"We confirm to our people that there is no place for dialogue with the Assad regime," he told members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition in Istanbul.
Of course the US can't confirm if any chemical attack has happened but if it did happen it's Assad's fault.
As if those Al Qaeda aligned "rebels" would never do such a thing... It's funny how today's "freedom fighters" turn into tomorrow's terrorists almost always without fail. Al Qaeda is a CIA creation.
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19 Mar 2013, 7:05 pm
Jacoby
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19 Mar 2013, 9:07 pm
19 Mar 2013, 9:27 pm
Jacoby wrote:
Of course the US can't confirm if any chemical attack has happened but if it did happen it's Assad's fault.
As if those Al Qaeda aligned "rebels" would never do such a thing... It's funny how today's "freedom fighters" turn into tomorrow's terrorists almost always without fail. Al Qaeda is a CIA creation.The apple does not fall far from the tree. Bashir's daddy Haffaz killed 15,000 of his countrymen with chemical or gas weapons. It runs in the family.
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