Russia Gives Syria Chemical Arms Plan to U.S.
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Russian officials have given the United States a plan to put Syria's chemical weapons arsenal under international control, ahead of a key meeting between Moscow and Washington's top diplomats in Geneva, reports said Wednesday.
"We handed over to the Americans a plan to place chemical weapons in Syria under international control. We expect to discuss it in Geneva," Russian news agencies quoted a source in the Russian delegation to the talks as saying.
The source did not provide any further details on the plan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are preparing to discuss on Thursday a Russian plan to collect and destroy Syrian chemical weapons.
Another source told state news agency ITAR-TASS that the meeting in Geneva could last several days.
"It appears that the meeting should start on Thursday and end on Friday, although it is not ruled out that it may last until Saturday," the Geneva-based source was quoted as saying.
"It will be a bilateral meeting, there are no plans to involve the U.N."
ITAR-TASS said the meeting was set to take place at one of Geneva's luxurious hotels.
Moscow came forward with the plan earlier this week, prompting U.S. President Barack Obama to postpone his threat to strike Syria in response to an August 21 attack.
According to U.S. intelligence, during that attack Syrian forces killed 1,400 people in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus using sarin gas.
11 September 2013, 18:22
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I saw this picture 3 days ago on naharnet ;-D
The question is : do we need pictures to illustrate news reports?
11 September 2013, 18:22
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Ma hèk ya Helweh ? Relax max.
Btw,, I'm still waiting for your number.
11 September 2013, 19:13
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As much as one fervently wishes that is is over, it is by no means over yet. Suspicions that Assad is using this to buy time abound in the West and with good reason. Past precedence lends credence to those suspicions. If no follow through takes place in a timely manner the risk of US strikes will reach a higher pitch and this time the congress will be hard pressed to vote down the military authorization.
That said, hope springs eternal.
11 September 2013, 19:38
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I'm not into phones pretty girl. Get whatever phone matches your car's colour. That's my only advice.
11 September 2013, 19:40
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So true roar. The situation in Syria is to the benefit of both powers. Russia is mucho happy Chechens are going for their jihad duties there and leaving the Russian internal scene quite while getting killed. USA is enthusiastic that Assad is weak and will never regain control of what is now and will be a failed state for a while. And both are happy al Qaida is getting jabs, upper cuts and a bloody nose. This is a win-win for both. And they are going to ride the wave all the way to the sunny shores.
11 September 2013, 19:56
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A huge part if what you say is true. But in a lot of ways surprise me. I would understand Russia trying to knock the eu down. But why would the USA? Especially with so many pro-American countries. That for the life of me cannot understand.
11 September 2013, 20:37
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no i get that part Roar, but in this day and age USA needs allies.. i agree that, at the end of the day, its all about the Benjamins.. but USA would be playing a dangerous game.. economical supremacy with no allies in their time of need is a dangerous thing.
11 September 2013, 20:39
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i think what america is trying to do is keep the EU dependent on it.. but if they keep playing these games they are bound to wise up sooner or later.. America MUST be considering the long time benefits/disadvantages of this.
11 September 2013, 19:53
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Or just get on Facebook and steal someone's pic. Hahaha. Too easy.
11 September 2013, 20:03
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no it is a Lebanese flag.. not a person who i stole his/her pic.. there is a huge difference...
11 September 2013, 20:33
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i would be happy if you choose any pic except of a person who you stole it from. but in the end, hey.. its not about me... if you are happy stealing peoples pics.. go right ahead.. but it should come with a disclaimer..
first thing you should do is apologize to the chinese girl for spreading her picture probably without her consent.
11 September 2013, 22:34
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At the end of the day Israel got what it wanted: A chemical weapons free Syria, a weakened Assad regime that is still defending Israel's occupation of the Golan, a massacre of Al Qaeda/Nusra/etc. militants, a Hezbollah and Iran sucked in the Syrian conflict. All this would certainly lead to a deal with Iran on its Nuclear weapons program.
The only losers here are the Syrian civilians and Lebanon of course.
