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Western
media don't know how to respond to the Russian peace plan that has
been welcomed by the Syrians, except to label it as a “delaying
tactic”. The Guardian, which is unfailingly anti-Russian, led the
charge on Radio NZ this morning.
There
was no way they would ever mention this.
RT sources: Syrian rebels plan chem attack on Israel from Assad-controlled territories
A chemical attack may be launched on Israel by Syrian rebels from government-controlled territories as a "major provocation," multiple sources told RT.
RT,
9
September, 2013
The
report comes as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed
that Syria puts its chemical weapons arsenal under international
control for subsequent destruction in order to prevent a possible
military strike against the war-torn country.
Moscow
also urged Syrian authorities to join the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The offer has already been passed
over to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, who met Lavrov in
Moscow for talks on Monday.
“We
don’t know if Syria will accept the offer, but if imposing
international control over chemical weapons stored in the country can
help to avoid military strikes, we are immediately going to start
working with Damascus,”
Lavrov said.
The
Syrian Foreign Ministry has welcomed
Moscow's initiative, “based
on the Syrian’s government care about the lives of our people and
security of our country,”
Muallem said later on Monday.
Meanwhile,
US National Security Adviser Susan Rice made a statement saying that
Damascus' alleged "use of
chemical weapons against its own people"
posed a threat to US national security. “The
use of chemical weapons also directly threatens our closest ally in
the region, Israel,”
she said, speaking at the New America Foundation in Washington.
"The
use of chemical weapons also directly threatens our closest ally in
the region, Israel." —@AmbassadorRice
on #Syria
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The
statement was made shortly after RT published a report about the
possibility of a chemical provocation.
A
few hours earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry said
that to avoid a military operation, Syrian President Bashar Assad has
a week to surrender control of “every
single bit”
of his stock of chemical weapons to the international community. “But
he isn't about to do it and it can't be done,”
he added, speaking at a media conference in London as he wrapped up
his European tour in a move to garner support for the Obama-proposed
“limited”
strike against Syria.
The
US Administration has blamed the Syrian government for the alleged
chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21.
Washington has maintained it has the intelligence to prove it, but
has so far refused to make public a single piece of concrete evidence
that would link the Assad regime to the deadly incident.
On
Sunday, the Senate Select Intelligence Committee released a series of
13 videos showing what is purported to be proof of chemical weapons
use in Syria. The disturbing images of the victims of the alleged
attack were earlier shown during a closed-door briefing to a group of
senators, as Obama is trying to get authorization from Congress for
the military strike on Syria. The administration told senators that
the authenticity of the videos was verified by the intelligence
community, reported CNN, which first aired the graphic material.
The
videos depict scenes of convulsing children, men vomiting and
struggling to breathe, and also what appeared to be dozens of dead
bodies wrapped up in white sheets, lying side by side. But the
footage still does not provide an answer to the question of who was
behind the attack. The Syrian government and the opposition forces
point the finger of blame at each other.
It
also remains unclear as to why exactly President Assad would order a
chemical attack at a time when a group of UN experts were carrying
out an investigation in the country.
There
is proof the footage of the alleged chemical attack in Syria was
fabricated,
Mother Agnes Mariam el-Salib, mother superior of the St. James
Monastery in Qara, Syria, told RT. She added that she plans to submit
her findings to the UN.
Russian
report: Syrian rebels planning chem. attack on Israel
Unconfirmed
report by Arab-language Russian newspaper claims 'armed Syrian
militants will use territories controlled by the Syrian regime to
perpetrate their provocative plan'
Y-Net (Israel)
9
September, 2013
Arabic-language
Russian news site Rusiya Al-Yaum has reported that Syrian rebels are
planning a chemical attack on Israel.
In
the report, it was claimed that "armed Syrian militants will use
territories controlled by the Syrian regime to perpetrate their
provocative plan."
The
story was quick to spread through pro-Assad outlets, like
the Hezbollah affiliated Lebanese stations
Al Manar and Al Mayadeen. The Russian site is also known for its
pro-Assad bias in covering the Syrian crises, what suggests that
there is a possibility the story might propaganda.
In
the past, the Syrian regime and its mouth-pieces have claimed that
the rebels are responsible for the chemical weapons usage – a claim
that has now become part of their line of defense against the West. A
few days after the chemical attack in question, the official state
Syrian TV published a report in which Syrian soldiers allegedly
suffered chemical related symptoms after entering a rebel position,
where they found chemical materials related to the attack.
Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested Monday that Syria place
its "chemical weapons under international control and then have
them destroyed,” if such a move would help "avoid military
strikes" that are being considered by the United States and its
allies. Lavrov said he had already passed the proposal to al-Moallem
in Moscow and hoped for a "quick and positive answer" from
Syria
Syria
welcomed the Russian proposal, as al-Moallem praised the Kremlin for
seeking to "prevent American aggression".
Al-Moallem
who spoke to reporters through an interpreter after Russia expressed
hope the proposal could avert military strikes against Syria, stopped
short of saying explicitly that President Bashar
Assad's
government accepted it.
"I
state that the Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the Russian initiative,
motivated by the Syrian leadership's concern for the lives of our
citizens and the security of our country, and also motivated by our
confidence in the wisdom of the Russian leadership, which is
attempting to prevent American aggression against our people,"
he said.
Israeli President Shimon
Peres commented
on the compromise, saying: "The Syrians have promised that they
are not trustworthy and their integrity cannot be counted on,"
Peres said at an event, adding that the Russian inititative requires
negotiation.
A
senior Israeli official commented on the international bid to remove
chemical weapons from Syria, saying "this is the best solution
also for Israel. Everyone is now playing their own game, but
everyone's interest, including Israel's, is to destroy Assad's
chemical stockpiles without going to war."
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General
Salim Idris, head of the Free Syrian Army, dismissively responded to
the Russian initiative, saying; "The (Syrian) regime has a
massive arsenal, the size and location of which is unknown."
According to him, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem welcomed
the initiative only in a bid to postpone the American strike.
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