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| Ban lashes out at Assad as US, Russia push on with Syria talks |
| 2013-09-14 |
| [Al Ahram] Though he did not blame the regime directly, Ban said UN experts will confirm in a report released next week that chemical weapons were used in an attack near Damascus that left hundreds dead. Assad has vowed to relinquish his chemical arms, after the alleged attack prompted threats of US-led military strikes. US Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov were holding a second day of talks in Geneva Friday to hammer out the details of a Russian plan that emerged this week. The last-minute Russian initiative caused US President Barack Obama Why can't I just eat my waffle?... to back away from planned military strikes in response to the chemical attack, which Washington blames on the regime and says killed about 1,400 people. At the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... , Ban lashed out at Assad and said the UN inspectors' report would provide "overwhelming" confirmation that chemical weapons were used. He said the Syrian leader had "carried out many crimes against humanity" and insisted there had to be "accountability" once Syria's civil war is over. |
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