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Kerry: Syria Gas Attack a Moral Obscenity
US Secretary of State John Kerry has signalled his country’s intention to act on Syria, describing the use of chemical weapons as a “moral obscenity” and pinning the blame on the Syrian government.
In a strongly worded and emotive statement on Monday, Kerry said that it was “undeniable” that chemical weapons killed hundreds of people last Wednesday near Damascus, adding that the Syrian government must be held accountable.
The statement came hours after a United Nations team visiting Syria was fired upon while they travelled to the attack site to begin investigations.
“Let me be clear. The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. By any standard, it is inexcusable. And despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured, it is undeniable,” Kerry said.
“The meaning of this attack goes beyond the conflict in Syria itself. And that conflict has already brought so much terrible suffering. This is about the large-scale indiscriminate use of weapons that the civilised world long ago decided must never be used at all, a conviction shared even by countries that agree on little else,” Kerry added.
In apparent reference to the Syrian government’s denials of responsibility for the attack, Kerry said “anyone who could claim that an attack of this staggering scale could be contrived or fabricated needs to check their conscience and their own moral compass”.
“Our sense of basic humanity is offended not only by this cowardly crime but also by the cynical attempt to cover it up. At every turn, the Syrian regime has failed to cooperate with the UN investigation, using it only to stall and to stymie the important effort to bring to light what happened in Damascus in the dead of night,” Kerry added.
He said that the belated response to allow UN inspections was “too late, and too late to be credible”.
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Anti USA
August 27, 2013 at 9:58 am
The Americans organised the attack so they could have a legitimate excuse to attack and anhilaste the Arabs. Americans are well known for creating artificial terrorist attacks so they can justify their quest to bomb moslems to extinction, especially after 9/11!
isaac
August 27, 2013 at 10:03 am
Personally, i hate what is going on in Syria i therefore have no apology to make that i support the US on this one.
AKABONDO
August 27, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Who stood to benefit from the attack? Its more likely the work of the opposition, they are now smiling.
MundiaM
August 27, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Akabondo, the opposition with the help of the western spies perpetrated this massacre. Just like they went into Iraq and massacred innocent women and children, over Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, this will be repeated in Syria.
However, Americans and the British better be very careful before they set the whole mid-east on fire with involvement of China & Russia. From BBC, it looks like Turkey also has a bone to chew with Bashaar al-Assad.
The American & British pre-occupation of regime change in the Arab world will bring WWIII.
MundiaM
August 27, 2013 at 2:24 pm
Akabondo, the opposition with the help of the western spies perpetrated this massacre. Just like they went into Iraq and massacred innocent women and children, over Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, this will be repeated in Syria.
However, Americans and the British better be very careful before they set the whole mid-east on fire with involvement of China & Russia. From BBC, it looks like Turkey also has a bone to chew with Bashaar al-Assad.
The American & British pre-occupation of regime change in the Arab world will bring WWIII. we will all perish due to their greedy.
icinshikululwa
August 27, 2013 at 10:36 pm
Akabondo you are right, this is how desperate the opposition can be, we know. LOZIZ careful.