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INTL EXPERTS HAVE STRONG PROOF IMAGES OF CHEMICAL VICTIMS FABRICATED - MOSCOW
Published time: September 10, 2013 08:09
http://rt.com/news/experts-un-syria-chemical-649/
Edited time: September 10, 2013 09:10
Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows people inspecting bodies
of children and adults laying on the ground as Syrian rebels claim
they were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in
eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013.(AFP
Photo / Shaam News Network)
Footage and photos of the alleged chemical attack in Syria, which the
US cites as the reason for a planned military intervention, had been
fabricated in advance, speakers told a UN human rights conference
in Geneva.
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Members of the conference were presented accounts of international
experts, Syrian public figures and Russian news reporters covering
the Syrian conflict, which back Russia's opposition to the US plans,
the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The speakers argued that the suspected sarin gas attack near Damascus
on August 21 was likely a provocation of the rebel forces and that
a military action against the President Bashar Assad government will
likely result in civilian casualties and a humanitarian catastrophe
affecting the entire region.
The possible attack by US military without a UN Security Council
mandate would violate international law and should be prevented by
the United Nations, some of the speakers said.
Evidence for the Russian case, including numerous eyewitness reports
and results of investigations of the chemical weapon incident by
activists, was handed over to a UN commission of experts probing the
Syrian crisis, the ministry said.
The Obama administration voiced an intention to use military force in
Syria after reports of mass deaths in Eastern Houla, a neighborhood
of Damascus, which killed more than 1,400 people according to US
estimates. Washington says the deaths was due to a chemical weapons
attack of the Syrian army on rebel forces and says it plans to use
force to prevent such incidents in the future.
A view shows bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in
Damascus' suburbs of Zamalka August 21, 2013.(Reuters / Hadi Almonajed)
Russia is convinced that the chemical incident was a provocation by
rebel forces, which staged a false flag attack to drag the US into
the conflict and capitalize on the damage that the Syrian army is
likely to sustain in the American intervention.
An increasing number of reports is backing Russia's position, with
local witnesses, US and British formerintelligence professionals and
Europeans recently released from rebel captivity all speaking for a
provocation scenario.
In the latest development this week a possible way to de-escalate the
tension was voiced, which would involve the Assad government handing
over control of his chemical arsenal to the international community.
The plan was backed by Russia and China, while Syria said it will
review it.
Mixed signals over the plan came from the US. The US State Department
initially said Secretary of State John Kerry, who initially voiced a
possible disarmament, saw it as a rhetorical move and didn't expect
Bashar Assad to actually disarm. But later President Obama said such
a move from Damascus would make him put the military action plan
on pause.
Meanwhile RT learned that Syrian rebels might be planning a chemical
weapons attack in Israel from. The possible attack would be carried
out from the territory supposedly controlled by the Syrian government
and would trigger another round of escalation, leaving little hope
of defusing the tension.
Published time: September 10, 2013 08:09
http://rt.com/news/experts-un-syria-chemical-649/
Edited time: September 10, 2013 09:10
Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows people inspecting bodies
of children and adults laying on the ground as Syrian rebels claim
they were killed in a toxic gas attack by pro-government forces in
eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus on August 21, 2013.(AFP
Photo / Shaam News Network)
Footage and photos of the alleged chemical attack in Syria, which the
US cites as the reason for a planned military intervention, had been
fabricated in advance, speakers told a UN human rights conference
in Geneva.
Follow RT's Live Updates
Members of the conference were presented accounts of international
experts, Syrian public figures and Russian news reporters covering
the Syrian conflict, which back Russia's opposition to the US plans,
the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The speakers argued that the suspected sarin gas attack near Damascus
on August 21 was likely a provocation of the rebel forces and that
a military action against the President Bashar Assad government will
likely result in civilian casualties and a humanitarian catastrophe
affecting the entire region.
The possible attack by US military without a UN Security Council
mandate would violate international law and should be prevented by
the United Nations, some of the speakers said.
Evidence for the Russian case, including numerous eyewitness reports
and results of investigations of the chemical weapon incident by
activists, was handed over to a UN commission of experts probing the
Syrian crisis, the ministry said.
The Obama administration voiced an intention to use military force in
Syria after reports of mass deaths in Eastern Houla, a neighborhood
of Damascus, which killed more than 1,400 people according to US
estimates. Washington says the deaths was due to a chemical weapons
attack of the Syrian army on rebel forces and says it plans to use
force to prevent such incidents in the future.
A view shows bodies of people activists say were killed by nerve gas in
Damascus' suburbs of Zamalka August 21, 2013.(Reuters / Hadi Almonajed)
Russia is convinced that the chemical incident was a provocation by
rebel forces, which staged a false flag attack to drag the US into
the conflict and capitalize on the damage that the Syrian army is
likely to sustain in the American intervention.
An increasing number of reports is backing Russia's position, with
local witnesses, US and British formerintelligence professionals and
Europeans recently released from rebel captivity all speaking for a
provocation scenario.
In the latest development this week a possible way to de-escalate the
tension was voiced, which would involve the Assad government handing
over control of his chemical arsenal to the international community.
The plan was backed by Russia and China, while Syria said it will
review it.
Mixed signals over the plan came from the US. The US State Department
initially said Secretary of State John Kerry, who initially voiced a
possible disarmament, saw it as a rhetorical move and didn't expect
Bashar Assad to actually disarm. But later President Obama said such
a move from Damascus would make him put the military action plan
on pause.
Meanwhile RT learned that Syrian rebels might be planning a chemical
weapons attack in Israel from. The possible attack would be carried
out from the territory supposedly controlled by the Syrian government
and would trigger another round of escalation, leaving little hope
of defusing the tension.