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Turkey, Saudis give chemical weapons to militants: Syria
2014-10-12
[Iran Press TV] Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari has criticized Turkey and Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
for being "directly involved" in providing "murderous Moslems organizations" in his country with chemical weapons.

Speaking before the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security at the UN General Assembly on Friday, al-Jaafari further censured the two regional countries for supplying weapons and funds to the foreign-backed holy warriors in his country, alleging that Turkey alone has been backing 106 bully boy groups operating within Syria.

Underlining the extent of Turkey's involvement in supporting the anti-Damascus militancy in his country, the Syrian envoy also stated that instead of lending "a helping hand to Syria to overcome the crisis...Turkish government...became one of the main support bases for these terrorist organizations," Syria's official news agency, SANA, reported

According to the report, al-Jaafari further suggested that the UN Arms Trade Treaty must be implemented to account for the illicit trafficking of small and light weaponry, pointing to the need to "utterly [prohibit] supplying weapons to non-state elements and armed terrorist organizations."

Al-Jaafari's remarks came following recent statements by US Vice President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...
, who also criticized closely allied states of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for their active support for radical elements inside Syria.

Biden said in a forum at Harvard University on October 2 that the three major US allies in the region were "so determined to take down Assad" that "they poured hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of tons of weapons into anyone who would fight against [Syrian President Bashar] Assad ‐ except that the people who were being supplied were al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
and al-Qaeda and the krazed killer elements...coming from other parts of the world."

Under pressure, Biden quickly apologized to all three states for his comments.
Posted by:Fred

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Posted by: 3dc   2014-10-12 17:53  

#3  I'd guess building the case, true or not, against any sort of US airstrikes citing chemical weapons use as its reasoning.

I think that these ISJV fellows would gas a neighborhood or even a group of themselves in order to create an incident. Almost worked last time.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-10-12 15:04  

#2  According to the report, al-Jaafari further suggested that the UN Arms Trade Treaty must be implemented to account for the illicit trafficking of small and light weaponry, pointing to the need to "utterly [prohibit] supplying weapons to non-state elements and armed terrorist organizations."

Does that mean the Iranians are going to shut down their arms shipments through Sudan and West Africa?
Posted by: Pappy   2014-10-12 09:32  

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Posted by: Big Thromoth3646   2014-10-12 04:36  

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