Update: 2013 Aug. 23rd, 2:10 PM
Source: Press TV
A British lawmaker says he believes the Israeli regime was
the main culprit behind killing hundreds of civilians in Syria, because it
provided terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qaeda with chemical weapons they
used against civilians.
“If there’s been any use of nerve gas, it’s the rebels that used it...If there
has been use of chemical weapons, it was Al Qaeda who used the chemical
weapons”, said Respect Party MP for Bradford West, George Galloway.
“Who gave Al Qaeda the chemical weapons? Here’s my theory: Israel gave them the
chemical weapons”, Galloway MP added.
Meanwhile, media reports had it that Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV and Reuters news
agency published the news of massacre in East Ghouta, Damascus “one day” before
the massacre happened.
According to the reports tens of videos were uploaded before foreign-backed
terrorists announced and accused the Syrian government of conducting chemical
attacks on its own people. Those evidences show the terrorists massacred
people, including women and children, then recorded and uploaded the scenes to
deceive the world’s public opinion, but they did so hurriedly and gave
themselves up.
The question here is why the Syrian government and its army should have
committed such a heinous mass murder using chemical weapons when the United
Nations inspectors are visiting the country to investigate the use of such
weapons?
The foreign-backed terrorists and mercenaries hired by certain regional Arab
countries are making up those allegations against the popular government of
President Bashar al Assad to invoke a foreign armed intervention in Syria the
same as what they did in Libya.
Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV published the news of the alleged chemical weapons attack
by the Syrian army, citing unknown activists as its source.
A website funded by foreign-backed terrorists also uploaded videos of the
alleged attacks and wrote that “Baath Regime used chemical weapons in East
Ghouta, Damascus, Jobar, Ain Tarma, Zamalka, Western Ghouta, Muaddamiyah around
03: 30 am.”
At the same time, one of the well-known pro- terrorists’ Youtube account
‘SHAMSNN’ swiftly uploaded tens of videos between 03: 00 and 04: 00 am, 20
August. The same people behind all these scenarios accused the government of Syria
and its army of carrying out chemical attacks on 21 August.
Now, even if the chemical attacks had happened at 03:30 on 20 August, it’s not
possible to film the scenes and upload tens of videos of these heinous crimes
with the best quality pictures.
Therefore, all the evidence shows is that foreign-backed terrorists perpetrated
the crimes, filmed and uploaded the scenes and went to their mouthpieces such
as al Jazeera, al-Arabiya, Sky News and Reuters to accuse the Syrian government
of a massacre the terrorists did.
Another best evidence of such brutality by the terrorists, who are regularly
coming close to their end of life, is that they had gathered innocent civilians
including women and children into certain places, killed them by nerve gas and
filmed the brutal murder scenes, then they did what they were ordered to accuse
the Syrian government.
Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi highlighted certain countries’
hostile stance towards his country telling the world that a media and political
campaign of lies is being circulated by certain Arab and foreign media outlets
including al-Jazeera, al-Arabiya, Sky News and others which are involved in the
shedding of Syrian blood and supporting terrorism, with the objective of
distracting the UN committee of inspectors of its mission to investigate which
party to the conflict has used chemical weapons.
“The cries of terrorists and their calls for aid accompany the fact that the
Armed Forces are advancing on the ground, and also accompany the fabricated
campaign waged by some channels in desperate bid to imbue false morale in the
armed terrorist groups,” he said.
Omran al-Zoubi described the support by some Arabs and the so-called Arab
League for these allegations as ridiculous, naïve and illogical.
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Syria opposition preventing chemical attack probe - Russia
Videos posted online by opposition activists on 21, August 2013 show hundreds of lifeless bodies near Damascus
Source: Press TV
Russia has accused Syria's opposition of preventing an
objective investigation into an alleged chemical attack near the capital,
Damascus.
Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that by remaining silent and refusing
to guarantee safe access for the UN investigators to the alleged place of the
chemical attack, the opposition is directly preventing a probe into the
incident, Reuters reported.
"Much needed signals from the opposition, including its
readiness to guarantee the safety and effective work of UN experts on territory
controlled by militants, unfortunately are not forthcoming," the ministry
said in a statement, adding, "It is directly preventing an objective
investigation into the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria."
On Wednesday, Syria's opposition claimed that hundreds were killed in a
government chemical attack on militant strongholds in Damascus suburbs of Ain
Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar before dawn.
Head of Syria's opposition National Coalition, George Sabra, told reporters in
Istanbul that more than 1,300 people were killed in the alleged attack.
The Syrian army has vehemently denied allegations that it used chemical weapons
against Takfiri militants in the suburbs of the Ghouta region, saying the
accusations were fabricated to distract the visiting team of UN chemical
weapons experts and to cover up militant losses.
The UN investigators are staying at a hotel just a few kilometers away from the
site of the attack. They arrived in Syria on Sunday.
In March, dozens of people were killed in a chemical attack in the northern
province of Aleppo. A Russian-led inquiry said that militants were behind the
deadly attack.
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Update: 2013 Aug. 23rd, 2:10 PM
Syrian opposition promises to ensure UN inspectors' safety in rebel-controlled areas
A handout image released by the Syrian
opposition's Shaam News Network on August 17, 2013 shows heavily damaged
buildings in Zamalka, a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP Photo
Source: Russia Today
The Syrian
opposition said they will ensure the safety of UN chemical weapons experts as
they pass through rebel-controlled areas, adding that their successful arrival
at the site of an alleged gas attack near Damascus within 48 hours was
‘critical.’
“We will
ensure the safety of the U.N. team ... It is critical that those inspectors get
there within 48 hours,”
Khaled Saleh, spokesman for the opposition, told a news conference in Istanbul.
The UN inspectors
requested access to Damascus suburbs “without delays” on Thursday in
order to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons in attacks in the
country.
The statement was
made the day after a gas attack was reported by opposition activists in the
capital killing anywhere between ‘dozens’ to ‘1,300’, according to conflicting
reports.
The Syrian
government said on Thursday that it was ready to engage in “maximum”
cooperation with UN experts, according to Russia’s foreign ministry.
The UN investigative team entered the country last Sunday. Three weeks ago an agreement was reached with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government regarding the three different locations that were to be examined by the mission.
The UN investigative team entered the country last Sunday. Three weeks ago an agreement was reached with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government regarding the three different locations that were to be examined by the mission.
Around 13
different reports of alleged chemical weapons usage in Syria have been made to
the UN, and the sites are being examined in order to determine the responsible
parties in the alleged attacks.
Russia provided
the UN with an analysis of samples taken from western Aleppo in Khan al-Assal.
The district was the site of a chemical weapons attack in March 2013 when 30
people died. Russia’s findings so far have indicated that rebels were behind
the incident.
A Syrian boy walks on the rubble of
destroyed buildings in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo (AFP Photo
The US has
declared that they have their own data suggesting government forces were
responsible for the attack. However, Paulo Pinheiro, chairman of the UN
commission’s inquiry into rights violations in Syria, said US records did not
meet the standards required by the UN.
UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that there will be “serious
consequences” if the reports of chemical weapons usage turn out to be true.
“Any use of chemical weapons anywhere, by anybody, under any circumstances, would violate international law,” Ban said at a scheduled event in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Friday.
“Such a crime against humanity should result in serious consequences for the perpetrator,” he added.
A spokesperson for Ban told Reuters on Friday that he wants a “thorough, impartial and prompt investigation” into the alleged chemical gas attack.
US President Barack Obama stated on Friday that the country should tread with caution in response to the most recent apparent attack, as his aides mulled over the prospect of military action against Syria’s government. In the interview, which was his first since Wednesday’s strike, he called the reports coming out of the country “very troublesome” and a “big event of grave concern.”
Moscow has been continuing to monitor events surrounding the alleged attack, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich, said in a statement on Friday.
“We’re getting more new evidence that this criminal act was of a provocative nature,” he stressed. “In particular, there are reports circulating on the Internet that the materials of the incident and accusations against government troops had been posted for several hours before the so-called attack. Thus, it was a pre-planned action.”
“Any use of chemical weapons anywhere, by anybody, under any circumstances, would violate international law,” Ban said at a scheduled event in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Friday.
“Such a crime against humanity should result in serious consequences for the perpetrator,” he added.
A spokesperson for Ban told Reuters on Friday that he wants a “thorough, impartial and prompt investigation” into the alleged chemical gas attack.
US President Barack Obama stated on Friday that the country should tread with caution in response to the most recent apparent attack, as his aides mulled over the prospect of military action against Syria’s government. In the interview, which was his first since Wednesday’s strike, he called the reports coming out of the country “very troublesome” and a “big event of grave concern.”
Moscow has been continuing to monitor events surrounding the alleged attack, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aleksandr Lukashevich, said in a statement on Friday.
“We’re getting more new evidence that this criminal act was of a provocative nature,” he stressed. “In particular, there are reports circulating on the Internet that the materials of the incident and accusations against government troops had been posted for several hours before the so-called attack. Thus, it was a pre-planned action.”
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