WMD? Where’s the unconcocted “proof”?
Show it, lay it out, stop lying
Show it, lay it out, stop lying
Editing by Carolyn Bennett
‘Regarding the position of our American colleagues, who affirm
that [Syrian government troops] used ... [chemical weapons] and say that they [the
Americans] have proof,” Russian President Vladimir Putin says,
…let them show it to the United
Nations inspectors and the Security Council.
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin |
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| U.S. Neutralizing United Nations |
Today in Vladivostok, the Russian president reportedly told
journalists, “Syrian government troops are on the offensive and have surrounded
the opposition in several regions.
“In these conditions, to give a trump card [by using
chemical weapons against their Syrian people] to those who are calling for a
military intervention is utter nonsense.”
However, considering the British parliament’s vote on
Thursday rejecting London’s role in a potential U.S.-led war on Syria, Putin
said, “Even if Britain is the USA’s main geopolitical ally in the world, there
are people who are guided by national interests and common sense, and value
their sovereignty.”
And “a Nobel Peace Prize laureate,” he said, “should think of
the potential victims of a military attack against Syria.”
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| Syrian refugees caught in U.S.-provoked conflict |
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| Syrian protest foreign interference |
In a statement representing the Russian Foreign Ministry, Alexander
Lukashevich said U.S. and other Western “threats are unacceptable [and] undermine
the possibility to solve the conflict in Syria by political and diplomatic
means.” Such threats, he said will “bring about a new round of confrontation and
casualties.”
Threats of striking Syria are being
issued instead of implementing the decisions of the G8 summit in Lough Erne
[and] subsequent agreements to provide the UN Security Council with a
comprehensive evaluation by UN experts, who investigate the possible use of
chemical weapons in Syria.
“Any unilateral military sanction bypassing the UN Security
Council, no matter how ‘limited’ it is,” Lukashevich said, “will be a direct
violation of the international law.”
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| Syrian President Bashar al- Assad |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has distanced
itself from participating in military intervention in Syria. The nations of
Iran, Russia, and China, as well as the United Nations, have warned against
war.
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| Protesting U.S. aggression |
Ordinary people all over the world are rallying against continued wars, destabilization and provocations, and human rights abuses by the United States in the Middle East and South Central Asia.
Sources and notes
“Claims of chemical weapons use by Syria utter nonsense:
Putin,” August 31, 2013, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/08/31/321410/cw-claims-against-syria-nonsense-putin/
“Unilateral U.S. strike on Syria against international law:
Russia,” August 31, 2013,
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/08/31/321345/us-attack-on-syria-illegal-russia/
Also in today’s news: U.S. bombing in Pakistan
“U.S. drone strike leaves 4 dead in northwestern Pakistan,” August
31, 2013, http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/08/31/321420/us-drone-strike-kills-4-in-nw-pakistan/
At least four people died (and the death toll will likely
rise) in an attack by a U.S. assassination drone in Pakistan’s troubled
northwestern tribal region. Local security officials said the attack took place
in the village of Heso Khel, situated about 35 kilometers (21 miles) east of
Miranshah -- the main town in North Waziristan. The compound “was completely
destroyed,” an anonymous security source told the press.
Pakistan’s government in Islamabad has repeatedly protested U.S.
drone strikes as a violation of the country’s sovereignty together with the
massacre of civilians. But the breach of international law by the United States
has continued with impunity.
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