Free Syrian Army fighters escort a convoy of UN vehicles carrying a team of United Nations chemical weapons experts through one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus' suburbs of Zamalka August 28, 2013. US officials have made it clear that a main goal of a US strike on Syria would be to deter future use of this particular weapon of mass destruction, by Syria or anyone else.
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‘Doomsday Scenario In Syria’ -- Michael Bassin, Tiems of Israel
With Arab support, Western nations prepare for possible military strike; Assad warns of ‘chaos and instability’ as result.
Days after the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad allegedly carried out a chemical attack in a Damascus suburb that killed hundreds of people, Western nations and their Arab allies are actively planning a military strike. This would be the first show of force by an outside power since the Syrian civil war began in March 2011, all Arab dailies lead off.
The Saudi-owned A-Sharq Al-Awsat, known for its hostility toward the Assad regime, reports that in the face of overwhelming international pressure, Assad came to an understanding with the United Nations that will allow an international fact-finding team to investigate the chemical attack as early as Monday. The Syrian government has publicly accused “terrorists,” or rebel forces, of launching the deadly attack.
Regardless of the conclusions the fact-finding team comes to, the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France have already decided that Assad’s gesture is too little too late. The Syrian regime will already have had enough time to destroy crucial evidence.
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My Comment: This is .... sadly .... the probable long term scenario for Syria.
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