[Lesson for those who killed their own people!!!]
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/8/27/u-s-postpones-haguemeetingwithsyriaallyrussia.html
Defense Secretary Hagel tells BBC forces are in place to act immediately over alleged chemical weapons attack.
The media countdown to possible Western military action in Syria
gathered momentum Tuesday as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the
BBC that the U.S. military is "ready to go" if President Barack Obama
orders action in response to alleged chemical weapons attacks, and
British Prime Minister David Cameron called an emergency session of
parliament to debate the issue.
"We have moved assets in place to be able to fulfill and comply with whatever option the president wishes to take," Hagel said in the interview. Cameron's spokesman said earlier that Britain and its allies believed that the alleged chemical attacks in Syria requires international action and that Western powers are considering a "proportionate response."
Cameron later clarified that the U.K. has not made a decision on whether to take action in Syria, adding that any military action must be "specific" and that Britain does not want to involve itself in the country's civil war. U.S. officials quoted by the Washington Post expressed a similar preference for a limited "punishment" action to deter the Syrian regime from using chemical weapons and for avoiding entanglement in the country's power struggle.
The warnings of imminent action come in response to allegations last week that hundreds of civilians were killed in poison gas attacks. Syria's civil war has killed more than 100,000 people since March 2011, but Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday described the alleged attacks as a "moral obscenity" that demanded accountability.
"We have moved assets in place to be able to fulfill and comply with whatever option the president wishes to take," Hagel said in the interview. Cameron's spokesman said earlier that Britain and its allies believed that the alleged chemical attacks in Syria requires international action and that Western powers are considering a "proportionate response."
Cameron later clarified that the U.K. has not made a decision on whether to take action in Syria, adding that any military action must be "specific" and that Britain does not want to involve itself in the country's civil war. U.S. officials quoted by the Washington Post expressed a similar preference for a limited "punishment" action to deter the Syrian regime from using chemical weapons and for avoiding entanglement in the country's power struggle.
The warnings of imminent action come in response to allegations last week that hundreds of civilians were killed in poison gas attacks. Syria's civil war has killed more than 100,000 people since March 2011, but Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday described the alleged attacks as a "moral obscenity" that demanded accountability.
Cameron recalled parliament from its summer
recess for a Thursday session on the crisis, and France's President
Francois Hollande vowed to "punish" Syria for what he said was its use
of chemical weapons. "This mass chemical massacre cannot go unanswered,"
he said. During a phone call, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper
concurred with Obama on the need for an "effective and timely"
response.
The Arab League issued a statement Tuesday that blamed the Syrian regime for the alleged gas attacks and demanded that the perpetrators be "brought to justice." Yet later Tuesday, the group declined to back a retaliatory attack against Syria, according to The New York Times.
Reuters, citing anonymous sources who attended a meeting in Istanbul between international envoys and the opposition Syrian National Coalition, reported that Western powers have told Syria to expect a strike within days. And CNN quoted an administration official as saying the White House hoped to complete any Syria action before next week, when the president is due to travel to Russia.
Syria, for its part, continued to deny having used chemical weapons, and its foreign minister, Walid Moualem, vowed on Tuesday that any attack on the country would be repulsed. And the foreign ministry of Iran, which is a stalwart backer of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, warned that military intervention would have "perilous consequences for the region."
Experts believe that rather than act alone, the Obama administration would seek some form of international or regional mandate -- even if U.N. authorization remains unlikely, given the firm opposition to any armed intervention in Syria by Russia and China, which have veto power on the U.N. Security Council.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned of the "extremely dangerous consequences of a possible new military intervention" and said a military strike without Security Council authorization would be illegal.
A U.N. team is currently in Syria investigating the incident, but its mandate is simply to determine whether chemical weapons were used -- not who used them.
On Monday the team's convoy was hit by sniper fire when it first attempted to investigate the site. The team was later able to reach its destination to conduct inspections and consultations with local residents.
It's not clear who fired at the U.N. vehicles.
The Arab League issued a statement Tuesday that blamed the Syrian regime for the alleged gas attacks and demanded that the perpetrators be "brought to justice." Yet later Tuesday, the group declined to back a retaliatory attack against Syria, according to The New York Times.
Reuters, citing anonymous sources who attended a meeting in Istanbul between international envoys and the opposition Syrian National Coalition, reported that Western powers have told Syria to expect a strike within days. And CNN quoted an administration official as saying the White House hoped to complete any Syria action before next week, when the president is due to travel to Russia.
Syria, for its part, continued to deny having used chemical weapons, and its foreign minister, Walid Moualem, vowed on Tuesday that any attack on the country would be repulsed. And the foreign ministry of Iran, which is a stalwart backer of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, warned that military intervention would have "perilous consequences for the region."
Experts believe that rather than act alone, the Obama administration would seek some form of international or regional mandate -- even if U.N. authorization remains unlikely, given the firm opposition to any armed intervention in Syria by Russia and China, which have veto power on the U.N. Security Council.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned of the "extremely dangerous consequences of a possible new military intervention" and said a military strike without Security Council authorization would be illegal.
A U.N. team is currently in Syria investigating the incident, but its mandate is simply to determine whether chemical weapons were used -- not who used them.
On Monday the team's convoy was hit by sniper fire when it first attempted to investigate the site. The team was later able to reach its destination to conduct inspections and consultations with local residents.
It's not clear who fired at the U.N. vehicles.
7 comments:
Great work America, please kill more children with your missiles.
យើងចាំមើល ឪផ្ដាច់ អាសាធ និង អាសែន ចេញតាមច្រកណា?
យើងមានអៀ រ៉ាក់ ជាគំរូហើយ កាលដែល
សាដាំ ហ៊ូសសែន ប្រើជាតិពុលសម្លាប់
អៀរ៉ង់ តើអស់លោកនៅចាំទេ ថាតើវាសាហាវ
ឃោរឃៅដល់កម្រិតណា? ពេលនេះទៀត
ជនជាតិស៊ីរី ស្លាប់ច្រើនណាស់ បើ អង្គការ
សហប្រជាជាតិ ទុកបណ្ដោយតទៅ រុស្ស៊ី
និងរដ្ឋភិបាលស៊ីរី សម្លាប់ជនជាតិស៊ីរីគ្មាន
សល់ទេ។ តើ មកពីបញ្ហាអ្វី ទើបរុស្ស៊ី គាំ
ទ្រ អាសាធខ្លាំងម៉្លេះ?
HUN SEN HAS ALREADY BOUGHT A NICE HOUSE IN HANOI AND PREPARE TO RUN, WAIT TO SEE HIS SUPPORTERS ESPECIALLY A CHEANG VUN, PHAI SY PHAN, KHIEVE KANARITH AND CHEAM YEAP WE BETTER TRY TO HANG THOSE PEOPLE TO SHOW CAMBODIAN YOUNG GENERATION
Cambodia has nothing for U.S. to waste the sweat on. Stop dreaming!
I don.t know why khmer people keep thinking that UN is giing to help them..if you don.t have OIL in your country..just keep DREAMING..CAUSE HUN SEN will kill all of you..look at his own mom..
It's waste a waste of money.
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