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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAssad admitted to bombing area after chemical attack took place.
Assad Reportedly Open To Chemical Weapons Deal
By Ben Armbruster
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In the interview, Assad made a number of astonishing statements. He admitted that his forces had bombarded the area of the recent chemical attack after it had taken place, but denied it was meant to cover up any evidence. How could bombardment cover the evidence? It technically doesnt work. This is stupid to be saying. This is very stupid, Assad told Rose...while Assad denied that his forces even have chemical weapons and said we are against any WMD, he seemed to suggest that their use could be justified in certain circumstances. You use it when youre in a desperate situation, Assad said, trying to explain that his forces could not have possibly launched the attack because they arent in a desperate situation.
Assad later argued that he and his forces werent responsible for the Aug. 21 chemical attack just outside Damascus, claiming that the rebels blew up their own chemical weapons stockpile by mistake.
They have stockpiles, and they exploded because of the bombardment, he said. What if they used the missile by coincidence, attacked themselves by mistake? Watch the clips from the interview:
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The evidence concerning the type of rockets and launchers used in these attacks strongly suggests that these are weapon systems known and documented to be only in the possession of, and used by, Syrian government armed forces, Human Rights Watch said.
Meanwhile, in response to the Kerry-Russian plan, the House and Senate are delaying their respective votes on resolutions authorizing President Obama to attack Syria in response to the alleged chemical weapons use. Politico reports that a group of Senators have offered a plan that would call for the United Nations to pass a resolution asserting that Bashar Assads regime in Syria used chemical weapons in the countrys ongoing civil war. A UN team would be required to remove the chemical weapons within a specified timeframe. If the weapons were unable to be removed within that timetable, then the United States would be authorized to use military force against the country, the source said Tuesday. The timeline is still being hammered out by the group.
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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/09/10/2596351/assad-reportedly-open-chemical-weapons-deal/
By Ben Armbruster
<...>
In the interview, Assad made a number of astonishing statements. He admitted that his forces had bombarded the area of the recent chemical attack after it had taken place, but denied it was meant to cover up any evidence. How could bombardment cover the evidence? It technically doesnt work. This is stupid to be saying. This is very stupid, Assad told Rose...while Assad denied that his forces even have chemical weapons and said we are against any WMD, he seemed to suggest that their use could be justified in certain circumstances. You use it when youre in a desperate situation, Assad said, trying to explain that his forces could not have possibly launched the attack because they arent in a desperate situation.
Assad later argued that he and his forces werent responsible for the Aug. 21 chemical attack just outside Damascus, claiming that the rebels blew up their own chemical weapons stockpile by mistake.
They have stockpiles, and they exploded because of the bombardment, he said. What if they used the missile by coincidence, attacked themselves by mistake? Watch the clips from the interview:
<...>
The evidence concerning the type of rockets and launchers used in these attacks strongly suggests that these are weapon systems known and documented to be only in the possession of, and used by, Syrian government armed forces, Human Rights Watch said.
Meanwhile, in response to the Kerry-Russian plan, the House and Senate are delaying their respective votes on resolutions authorizing President Obama to attack Syria in response to the alleged chemical weapons use. Politico reports that a group of Senators have offered a plan that would call for the United Nations to pass a resolution asserting that Bashar Assads regime in Syria used chemical weapons in the countrys ongoing civil war. A UN team would be required to remove the chemical weapons within a specified timeframe. If the weapons were unable to be removed within that timetable, then the United States would be authorized to use military force against the country, the source said Tuesday. The timeline is still being hammered out by the group.
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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/09/10/2596351/assad-reportedly-open-chemical-weapons-deal/
"the first acknowledgment by the Syrian government that it even possesses chemical weapons"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023630685
Human Rights Watch: Syria: Government Likely Culprit in Chemical Attack
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023634928
Syria conflict: France to float tough UN resolution
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023636040
White House Takes Credit For Syrias Apparent Concession (updated)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023636265
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Assad admitted to bombing area after chemical attack took place. (Original Post)
ProSense
Sep 2013
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Bashir Assad should be allowed to talk freely, and often. There's no hiding what he is. nt
msanthrope
Sep 2013
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msanthrope
(37,549 posts)1. Bashir Assad should be allowed to talk freely, and often. There's no hiding what he is. nt
shenmue
(38,506 posts)2. I guess the "it didn't happen" crowd will have to take a step back
This creep is no friend of the Syrian people or anyone else.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Kick! n/t
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)4. Thanks.
K & R
karynnj
(59,503 posts)5. Wow - I don't get how he can see nothing strange in shelling a place where an atrocity had just
happened -- in your own country. I know that civil wars make everything different, but where was any emotion that his countrymen had been gassed - and the shelled by his forces.
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