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| Arab League to support Russia's proposal on Syria |
| 2013-09-11 |
| Chief of the Arab League (AL) Nabil al-Arabi said the group will support Russia's proposal to place Syria's chemical weapons under international supervision, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. The AL will announce its support for the initiative of Russia in an official statement, Nabil al-Arabi was quoted by MENA as saying. He also urged the world to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the proposal early Monday, asking Syria to "put its chemical arms stockpiles under international control for eventual destruction." The plan was met with positive response from the Syrian government. Earlier this month, AL urged the international community and the United Nations to take "deterrent and necessary measures" against the Syrian government over alleged chemical attacks that has killed hundreds on Aug. 21. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Strange is it not, the Russians didn't make a similar proposal when they moved the chemical weapons out of Iraq. Conditions on the ground were different. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-09-11 14:16 |
| #6 Just so happens there are about a 1000 3rd party Chinese who just showed up. Put about 30 at High Value Targets, 10 at Mid Value, and that eliminates any meaningful strike vs. war with China. Its not even checkers, its Sorry! but without the high brow strategic considerations. As International Troops come in to secure chemical facilities, that frees up Assad's troops to continue the fight. And what good are international security forces without their own air assets to protect the, uhem, removal of chemical weapons. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-09-11 11:29 |
| #5 rumors of the still not finalized Russian proposal are coming out one item is that Russia gets to sell more military stuff to Iran another item is that US warships near Syria redeploy (or retreat in less PC terms) another is a long time for Syria to identify sites and a longer time to inspect them and even longer to secure them (the last of these is actually reasonable given the logistical problems) |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-09-11 09:55 |
| #4 Russia will get their pound of flesh. |
| Posted by: newc 2013-09-11 09:38 |
| #3 Strange is it not, the Russians didn't make a similar proposal when they moved the chemical weapons out of Iraq. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-11 07:32 |
| #2 Lord Garth --- "there may be some unpleasant details in it" There WILL be some unpleasant details in it... just sayn' |
| Posted by: Sherry 2013-09-11 01:13 |
| #1 Russia doesn't actually have a final proposal yet there may be some un pleasant details in it |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-09-11 00:26 |